So actually getting the chance to go backpacking in Istanbul was quite a feat. Since getting a cab to the Madrid airport would have been too expensive from where I was in the city and with the metro shutting down around midnight, I left for the airport around 11pm although my flight didn’t leave until 7am. Looks like another fun night…

This is my experience I had for 2 days in Madrid, Spain. Since I needed to catch a flight to Eastern Europe, it happened that the only flight was out of Madrid with a connection in London. Since I was in the southern most point of Spain, it turned out to be the longest 40 hours of travel starting with 3…

While visiting Spain, I knew I would travel to Morocco but the question was for exactly how long and how to get there. It would be easiest to go from Tarifa to Tangier Morocco and after doing some research and talking to fellow travelers, I was about set on spending anywhere from three to five days there with plans to travel…

As mentioned in my previous post, I was headed south to do some kiteboarding in Tarifa. Here, they are known for having some of the best conditions for kiteboarding in the world..., which by no coincidence, is home to some of the best professional kiteboarders in the sport (uh, not me of course). And although I had kiteboarded on the snow…

To end my travel in Andalusia, I wanted to spend a week of travel in Tarifa, Spain since I had heard so much about it. Tarifa, Spain is a very small town on the very southern-most point of Europe with only about 35km distance to Africa’s coastline which you can actually see from the beach. It is split between the Mediterranean…

My second and last full day here was much better with the weather and I had planned to do some sea kayaking in Lagos around the caves along the coastline with a couple friends. This beach pictured below was our starting point and we kayaked beyond the outer cliff edge you can see off to the far right. All in all…