🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 Another short trip with long driving involved in the summer of 2024. I left home early in the morning towards Skanda Vale. Skanda Vale , The Maha Shakti (also known as the Maha Kali) Temple houses a striking six-foot-tall murthi (sacred image) of Maha Kali, surrounded by shrines to Lakshmi, Pattini, Saraswati, Mother Mary and more. The drive was about 6 hours and we had a mishap, on the way we had rest stop and while adding air the tire valve blew off. So we got stuck there for…
🇲🇰 🇲🇰 🇲🇰 Skopje - Bitola - Orhid - Skopje One of the youngest countries in world, North Macedona got independence because of the breakup of formar Yugoslovia in 1991. Intially known as Macedona but this name was objected ny Greece as it has a province with same name. North Macedonia is not part of EU as Bulgeria objected to it. There were unrest and issues in past but now it is largely a peaceful country. Day 1 Fly to Skopje from London My flight was late in the evening from Skopje.…
🇲🇦 🇲🇦 🇲🇦 Casblanca is my last stop in Morocco. Unlike other parts of the Morocco I have visited where time has stopped , roads are shared comforatably by donkey side by side with modern cars, Casablanca is the modern 21st century face of Morocco. It is the economic lung of Morocco . The city's French colonial legacy is seen in its downtown Mauresque architecture, a blend of Moorish style and European art deco. I reached Casablanca in the evening . The hotel I stayed is close to western standards rather than…