Racpat Morocco to Holland 2023 - CycleBlaze

Racpat Morocco to Holland 2023

As time goes by, the Road to Morocco calls!

By Rachel and Patrick Hugens
5,002 km (3,106 miles) over 136 days between Feb. 15, 2023 and Jun. 30, 2023

Introduction

Why start in Morocco? And end in Holland? heart 17

Planning

Before we buy the ticket: We need to find a House/cat sitter heart 49
Pak List 2023 heart 7
Getting ready to go again! heart 20

Route

Map of Morocco heart 7
Map of Sardinia and Sicily heart 11
Map of Calabria heart 3
Map of Europe: Balkans heart 8
Map of 2023 Europe Route heart 2

Morocco

Week One

Day 1: Here we go again heart 58
Day 2: Recovery Day in Casablanca heart 60
Day 3: Exploring Casablanca heart 170
Day 4: Casablanca to Azemmour heart 227
Day 5: Azemmour to El Jadida heart 143
Day 6: El Jadida to Oualidia heart 195

Week Two

Day 7: Oualidia to Safi heart 239
Day 8: Safi to Camping la Plage Bhaidah, Aquermoud heart 233
Day 9: Camping la Plage Bhaidah, Aquermoud to Essaouira heart 305
Day 10: Rest Day in Essaouira heart 153
Day 11: All Aboard the Bus to Marrakesh heart 72
Day 12: Sightseeing in Marrakesh heart 118
Day 13: Still exploring Marrakesh heart 162

Week Three

Day 14: Marrakesh to Tiglatine heart 169
Day 15: Tiglatine to Telouet heart 258
Day 16: Telouet to Ait Benhaddou heart 195
Day 17: Ait Benhaddou to Ouarzazate heart 48
Day 18: Rest Day in Ouarzazate heart 100
Day 19: Ouarzazate to Agdz heart 245
Day 20: Adgz to N'kob heart 218

Week Four

Day 21: Rest Day in N'kob heart 114
Day 22: N'kob to Tazzarine heart 94
Day 23: Tazzarine to Alnif heart 105
Day 24: Alnif to Rissani heart 226
Day 25: Rissani to Hassilabied heart 127
Day 26: Rest Day in Hassilabied heart 233
Day 27: Hassilabied to Ksar Takhyamt heart 124

Week Five

Day 28: Ksar Takhyamt to Errachidia heart 99
Day 29: Errachidia to Er-rich heart 84
Day 30: Er-rich to Midelt heart 41
Day 31: Midelt to Timahdite heart 66
Day 32: Timahdite to Azrou heart 74
Day 33: Azrou to Imouzzer Kandar heart 103
Day 34: Imouzzer Kandar to Fez heart 146

Week Six

Day 35: Sightseeing in Fez heart 245
Day 36: Restday in Fez heart 74
Day 37: Bus to Chefchaouen heart 66
Day 38: Exploring Chefchaouen heart 98
Day 39: Chefchaouen to Tetouan heart 82
Day 40: Tetouan to Fnideq heart 108
Day 41: Fnideq to Tanger Med heart 81
Impressions of Morocco heart 1

Week Seven

Ferry Hopping to Spain then Italy

Day 42: Catching the Ferry to Barcelona heart 43
Day 43: On the ferry on the Mediterranean Sea heart 46
Day 44: Arriving early in Barcelona heart 106
Day 45: Ramadan is a distant memory heart 73
Day 46: Ferry to Porto Torres heart 33

Sardinia

Day 47: Porto Torres to Alghero heart 114
Day 48: Housekeeping Duties in Alghero heart 43

Week Eight

Day 49: Alghero to Bosa heart 114
Day 50: Bosa to Oristano heart 111
Day 51: Oristano to Monastir heart 94
Day 52: Monastir to Ferry in Cagliari heart 34

Sicily

Day 53: Early Morning Arrival in Palermo heart 94
Day 54: Rest Day in Palermo heart 67
Day 55: Palermo to Cefalu heart 179

Week Nine

Day 56: Cefalu to Torrenova heart 65
Day 57: Torrenova to Tonnarella heart 118
Day 58: Tonnarella to Villa San Giovanni heart 73

Mainland Italy

Day 59: Rest day in Villa San Giovanni heart 11
Day 60: Train to Paola to Cosenza heart 64
Day 61: Cosenza to Spezzano Albanese heart 140
Day 62: Spezzano Albanese to Rocca Imperiale Marina heart 107

Week Ten

Day 63: Rocca Imperiale Marina to Bernalda heart 119
Day 64: Bernalda to Matera heart 93
Day 65: Rest Day in Matera heart 99
Day 66: Matera to Santeramo In Colle heart 176
Day 67: Santeramo In Colle to Bari heart 147

Albania

Day 68: Arrived in Durres by ferry heart 44
Day 69: Durres to Elbasan heart 59

Week Eleven

Day 70: Elbasan to Prrenjas heart 133

North Macedonia and Albania

Day 71: Prrenjas to Ohrid heart 137
Day 72: Rest Day in Ohrid heart 110
Day 73: Ohrid to Debar heart 86
Day 74: Debar to Shumat Albania, Dibra Camping heart 82
Day 75: Shumat Dibra Camping to Resk heart 249
Day 76: Resk to Prirzen Kosovo heart 66

Week Twelve

Kosovo

Day 77: Prizren to Peje heart 65
Day 78: Rest day in Peje heart 17

Montenegro and Serbia

Day 79: Peje to Rozaje heart 84
May 5th on Other Tours heart 21
Day 80: Rozaje to Bijelo Polje heart 97
Day 81: Bijelo Polje to Priboj Serbia heart 106

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Day 82: Priboj Serbia to Mededa Bosnia and Herzegovina heart 127
Day 83: Mededa to Gorazde heart 38

Week Thirteen

Day 84: Gorazde to Sarajevo heart 136
Day 85: Museum of Crimes against Humanity and Genocide in Sarajevo heart 35
Day 86: Walking Tour in Sarajevo heart 51
Day 87: Sarajevo to Zenica heart 38
Day 88: Zenica to Travnik heart 60
Day 89: Travnik to Jajce heart 64
Day 90: Jajce to Banja Luka heart 71

Week Fourteen

Croatia and Slovenia

Day 91: Banja Luka to Pakrac Croatia heart 54
Day 92: Pakrac to Bjelovar heart 34
Day 93: Bjelovar to Varadzin heart 87
Day 94: Varadzin to Maribor Slovenia heart 91
Day 95: Rest Day in Maribor heart 68
Day 96: Maribor to Lavamund Austria heart 72

Austria / Germany

Day 97: Lavamund to Klagenfurt heart 58

Week Fifteen

Day 98:Train from Klagenfurt to Ulm Germany heart 25
Day 99: Blaustein to Riedlingen heart 99
Day 100: Riedlingen to Tuttlingen heart 69
Day 101: Tuttlingen to Kirnbergsee heart 80
Day 102: Kirnbergsee to Kirchzarten heart 79
Day 103: Restday Kirchzarten heart 36
Day 104: Kirchzarten to Mulhouse heart 80

France

Week Sixteen

Day 105: Mulhouse to L'Isle sur les Doubs heart 89
Day 106: L'Isle sur les Doubs to Vesoul heart 53
Day 107: Vesoul to Abigny sous Varennes heart 133
Day 108: Abigny sous Varennes to Vouecourt heart 53
Day 109: Vouecourt to La Louviere heart 30
Day 110: La Louviere to Verzy heart 67
Day 111: Verzy to Oulches la Vallee Foulone heart 68

Week Seventeen

Day 112: Oulches la Vallee Foulone to Montbrehain heart 78
Day 113: Montbrehain to Le Mont des Bruyeres heart 51

Belgium

Day 114: Le Mont des Bruyeres to Nederzwalm heart 55
Day 115: Nederzwalm to Kapelle Op Den Bos heart 37
Day 116: Kapelle Op Den Bos to Ossendrecht heart 139

Holland

Day 117-118: In Ossendrecht heart 4
Day 119-120: Bikes in Boxes heart 6
Day 121: Bosse Bol heart 10
Day 122: Last Day in Holland heart 4

Week Eighteen

Day 123: Flight to Home heart 3
Day 124: Arrived Home heart 4
Reconnecting with Home heart 8
Let the Training Begin! heart 36
Warmshowers and Cycleblaze heart 1

Pakistan

Islamabad heart 6
Drive to Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan heart 29

Fairy Meadows and Trek to Nanga Parbat

What a Jeep Ride! To Tatto Village heart 26
Trek to Fairy Meadows heart 46
Fairy Meadows Day Hike heart 34
Trek to Tatto Village and another Jeep Ride heart 20

Trek to K2

Skardu: Exploring heart 4
Skardu: Day Hike and Mosque heart 25
K2 Trek Day 1: Skardu to Askoli heart 7
K2 Trek Day 2 Askoli (3000m) to Jola (3200m) heart 30
K2 Trek Day 3: Jola (3200m) to Paiyu (3450m) heart 27
K2 Trek Day 4: Rest Day in Paiyu heart 8
K2 Trek Day 5 Paiyu (3450m) to Kurbutse (3930m) heart 23
K2 Trek Day 6 Kurbutse (3930m) to Urdukus (4050m) heart 18
K2 Trek Day 7: Urdukus (4050m) to Goro II (4380m) heart 11
K2 Trek Day 8: Goro II (4380m) to Concordia (4650m) heart 0
K2 Trek Day 9: Rest Day at Concordia (4650m) heart 18
K2 Trek Day 10: Return from Concordia (4650m) to Goro II (4380m) heart 19
K2 Trek Day 11: Return from Goro II to Urdukus heart 32
K2 Trek Day 12: Return from Urdukus to Liligo (3715m) heart 18
K2 Trek Day 13: Return from Liligo to Paiyu heart 14
K2 Trek Day 14 Return from Paiyu to Korofong heart 31
K2 Trek Day 15 Return from Korofong to Askoli heart 27
K2 Trek Day 16: Askoli to Skardu heart 8

Hunza Valley

Hunza Valley: Driving the Karakorum Highway heart 92
Hunza Valley: Warmshowers Networking heart 6
Hunza Valley: Drive to China Border heart 62
Hunza Valley: Sayed's home town heart 31
Rawalpindi and Islamabad heart 37

Holland and Paris

Errands on E-bikes and a weekend in Paris heart 0
Final Destination: Home in Boise heart 6