Wednesday, December 07, 2005

The Travel Coach Returns

I don't know WHAT happened, but I've been very bad about updating "The Travel Coach" blog over the last several months. No good excuse, although I did manage to take one vacation during that time and planned a major trip for a group of 10 friends in March.

Anyone who's been a faithful reader of the Travel Coach knows that I've been planning a big Spring getaway for my friends over the past couple of years. It's something I really enjoy doing. In 2004, seven of us went to Buenos Aires and Iguazu Falls. By 2005, our group had grown to nine as we went south once again to Costa Rica. For 2006, we decided to step it up a bit and do a 15-day tour of Morocco! Since planning a trip for 10 people to Morocco seemed a bit overwhelming, we decided that a group tour might be best for us. But not one of those package tours that would just put us on a big bus, house us in sterile tourist hotels, and let us just gaze at Morocco as we drove through it. Definitely not our group's style.

So after surveying all the options available, we decided to go with GAP Adventures Colours of Morocco package. GAP has a unique Sustainable Tourism philosophy that promises to put us in touch with the "real" Morocco and the people who call it home. Plus we'll have our own private minibus and tour leader with plenty of time to explore on our own. We'll even be spending a night camping in the Sahara desert. Guess it's time to brush up on my rendition of "Midnight at the Oasis"!