After planning for more than a year, we arrived safely on January 27th and made our way to our first Guesthouse via the Metro. Amazingly, the Metro station was very close to where we were staying at the Chalet D’Avila. It was the perfect way to start our time here. We felt very cared for. We visited the oldest area of Lisbon called Alfama with its narrow winding cobbled streets, colourful houses and buildings with red tiled roofs. Very picturesque as it is located on the hillside.
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Our Sahara time has been a plan in the making for the past few years. It was amazing to us that this plan was actually becoming reality, and we both felt eager anticipation to meet Brahim, our guide, Mohamed, our driver, and M’barek, our cook. When we met, we immediately connected with everyone. We parked our rental car where it would be safe while we were away and headed out in a 4x4 toward the desert. Our first stop was just as we were leaving Zagora to see the marker for the iconic start of the old camel trade route between Zagora and Timbuktu.