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The Very Best Sights of Jordan + Itinerary

Destinations, Jordan · Last Updated: March 15, 2022

The Very Best Sights of Jordan + Itinerary

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Ad| 🛵💦 Go to Valladolid - Mexico!!

If you’re going to the Yucatan, don’t miss staying a couple nights in Valladolid.

🚩 Save this quick guide for the best place to STAY and the best things to DO in Valladolid!

In sequence of order:

✨ Stay at the @hoteloryx and enjoy the central location and boho vibes
✨ Rent a scooter or bike and explore
✨ Do the swing rope or 18m jump at Cenote Secreto Maya
✨ Walk up the Acropolis at Ek Balam ruins
✨ Jump into Cenote Saamal
✨ Admire a Wonder of the World at Chichén Itzá ruins
✨ Swim in the pretty blues of Cenote Sac Aua
✨ & Stroll along the colourful street Calzeta de los Frailes

Have you been to Valladolid? What places did you visit and love?
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💸 Making money while travelling - we have lift

💸 Making money while travelling - we have lift off!

Earlier last year I wrote a post on how we budget for full-time travel. Mike said goodbye to his short-term contract work which meant from that moment on we were on a fixed figure for the remainder of our travels. I was concerned that our small budget wouldn’t sustain our travel for more than 6 months. But here we are 9 months on and we’re still going!

We’ve managed this primarily through finding budget travel options and signing up for Workaway and HelpX.

📈 BUT also now… and this excites me the most… our website has started to make money honey!

🐌 It’s a trickle at this stage but each month it climbs a little more. I almost can’t believe that it’s all coming together as I’d imagined this time last year.

👩‍💻 It has meant a lot of dedication, hard work and learning a WHOLE new skill set! I knew nothing about blogging in the beginning and building a website was a foreign concept. But I love it!!

Do you need a course to learn blogging? No you don’t, but it definitely helped me. I was blogging blindly for a whole year without any progress and then stumbled across the Blog Course @boostrapblogging by @bucketlistbri and it changed everything! I immediately had direction with my website and just weeks later noticed traffic increasing. And now here we are supplementing our travel!

🙋‍♀️ IF you are thinking about setting up a blog and wondering whether to do it. I’ve been where you are, I know the struggle and I’d be happy to help.

💰 Moving forward… would it be helpful if I shared information related to travel budgeting? And if so what kind of things would you like to know about budgets?
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🙊 These two need to learn Español! Have your

🙊 These two need to learn Español! Have your kids learnt a second language?

Now that we are travelling this part of the world for the next year - it makes sense that these two learn to speak Spanish. I feel a deep need to get them on the road to Español.

🛵 But I just don’t know the quickest, easiest way to get them there… maybe there isn’t a quick or easy way.

🚌 I speak enough Spanish to get by, and Mike is trying his best to learn too. But for the kids I expect it will be easier - In fact, I’d love to put them in a local school here in Mexico for a couple months.

🐢 What do you think… should we find a place to settle for a few months and put the kids in the local school. What would you do?

Also: all tips welcome!
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🖐 Oh hi there… how are you? We are good, jus

🖐 Oh hi there… how are you?

We are good, just over here working on our Sustainable Travel Game!

😱 If you’ve been watching our stories you would have seen recently that we BROKE our own sustainable travel values. We rented a quad bike and took it on a day trip along a track from one village to another.

🛑 But let me explain! Typically it would take 2 buses and 6 hours return to get to the village. Alternatively, if you rent a quad, you can get there via a sandy track in 90 minutes along one of the prettiest stretches of coastline. We preferred this option!!!

So there we go… sometimes we break our own rules. But hey we can’t ALL be perfect ALL of the TIME though right?

🌱🥑💚🦎🐢

Here are 4 quick choices to up your Sustainable Travel and Transport Game -

🚌 Choose public transport
✈️ Take fewer flights
🚲 Rent bikes or scooters
🩴 Stretch those legs and walk

Do what you can I reckon!
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🎄We are settling in for Christmas… 3️⃣ T

🎄We are settling in for Christmas…

3️⃣ This is our third Christmas on the road as full-time travellers… I actually can’t believe how time has flown.

🏝 And this year we have found the perfect little beach town. It’s off the beaten track in the Yucatan. And to protect it’s location, I’m not going to geotag, but if you would like to know where it is then feel free to send me a DM and I’ll let you know.

🐚The beach is long, the sand is white, the shells are huge… it’s windy at this time of the year so it’s a kite surfers hub. We are living in a camping ground, in a tent with two double beds, and power, so it’s comfortable and super cosy.

💰 But the best part… we are only paying USD $7 a night! For all for of us. Another reminder to always look for long stay deals!!

🌏🌍🌎 Digital nomad families… where are you for Christmas this year? Are you heading home or have you found your hidden gem?

🇲🇽 Hola from Mexico Only two years late…

🇲🇽 Hola from Mexico

Only two years late… we’ve finally made it to Mexico!

🧨 If you’ve been following our travel story from the beginning you’ll know that we’ve been trying to get right here. And if you can’t tell by the grin on my face… we are brimming to be here.

The original plan was to fly to the USA first to buy a 4x4, then to drive south. However we learned that selling a US plated car in central and South America is almost impossible. We also learnt that because we had visited Yemen, getting a visa for the US would not be easy.

🔮 So we rustled up a new plan and now here we are backpacking through Mexico. After Mexico we’ll continue south through Central America.

Let me know if you have any recommendations for Mexico… or for Central / South America. We are looking for off the beaten track gems and we can’t wait to share some of our finds with you 💎

AD | 🏆🌟👸 I feel like we hit the Jackpot!

AD | 🏆🌟👸 I feel like we hit the Jackpot!

I felt like I really really needed this mini mumcation and getaway with my bestie.

Mike the legend, took the four kids so me and my best friend could take a boutique getaway to the beautiful @villa.riublanc Hotel in Costa Blanca, Spain.

And I honestly felt like we found the most perfect piece of Spanish paradise. The beautiful 5 bedroom boutique hotel is MY kind of place…

- beautiful views from comfortable bedrooms
- a picturesque pool surrounded by olive trees
- hand selected bottles of local wine from the honesty bar
- carefully designed spaces
- and nearby some of the best restaurants Spain has to offer

Not to mention, the lovely Dirk and Patricia… the humble and gracious owners of Villa Riu Blanc. Our stay was perfect, and I was so very grateful to them for this perfect weekend getaway.

So here’s your job -

🚀 plan a VISIT to @costablancaorg
👀 FOLLOW @villa.riublanc …
🌟 BOOK that perfect boutique getaway
🧩 SAVE this reel for later…
🐞 READ my detailed review on our website for more!

🪶 Much love from me - now a well rested & reenergised My Free Range Mama
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꩜ It’s time for something new!!

💪 Morocco… you were the BEST!!! But it’s time I closed up this chapter as we have new full-time adventures up our sleeve!

🗺 You know when you love a place, but there are so MANY places to see in the world that you know you probably won’t go back… well that’s not the case for Morocco.

✅ We WILL BE back… I’m already planning our return. Maybe even a business venture in mind for Morocco. A land of so much opportunity and beauty.

🧬 To everyone that we connected with in Morocco we are so very grateful to have met you. Thanks to these moments with each of you, we fell further in love with the country.

🏴‍☠️🐎⛰🎶💻🇨🇴🧱🚂👩‍🍳😻🧶 From the pirates, to the musicians, to the horse riders, the mountain hikers, the British bloggers, and the Colombians! The ones doing the hard yards making bread and bricks, the train travellers, the ones cooking up a storm, and the ones caring for kitties and making blankets by hand, the ryad workers and the hostel hustlers! We’ll remember you all.

꩜ And to finish up, I’m sharing this photo taken in a lighthouse in Tangier. In New Zealand we call this shape a koru, which means new beginnings. Morocco was a place of new beginnings for us as a family and so this photo both symbolises and concludes our time in Morocco perfectly.

♻ And so, it’s see you for now Morocco… but we’ll definitely see you AGAIN one day in the future.

🇪🇸🇲🇽 Spain and Mexico up next!

⛰ Our dear friend Ahmed from @trek_atlas_mountai

⛰ Our dear friend Ahmed from @trek_atlas_mountains this one is for you!

🤍 Thank you for an incredible tour of the Atlas Mountains. These are just some of our favourite videos of the time spent with you and your family. And they need to be here as a reminder of how precious life is and how quickly it passes.

This is a reminder to ourselves:

🌈 Find those trails you want to follow and commit to them!

💫 Life is fleeting, do everything you can in the time you have.

And Morocco… thank you… you wowed us again!
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🔷 This post comes with a warning! Chefchaouen -

🔷 This post comes with a warning! Chefchaouen - the Instagram famous city in Morocco. The streets are not as quiet as they appear here!

🦋 This was a tough one for us. We knew its popularity had grown due to its fame on Instagram. But we weren't quite prepared for just how much. Noted we were there during the peak of the summer holidays, so had both domestic and international tourists.

🅿️ Chefchaouen was a natural stop on our trip north from Fes and after eight weeks we had gotten used to the hustle and bustle of Morocco.

🧞‍♂️ But Chefchaouen was a different kind of hustle and did again bring home the impact of over-tourism.

🫐 It was initially hard to comprehend the amount of people over-dressed scurrying around town looking for that perfect shot.

🌀 Lingering in doorways for far too long without consideration of other travellers or in some case locals.

🔷 It was also surprising to see that several of these picture perfect locations were actually set up and came with a cost.

🗣 With that said, we too couldn't help but snap a couple of pics while we wandered through the medina. We also met several lovely locals, spent a morning at the local famers market and took a day trip to Akchour to check out Gods bridge and chill in the fresh water.

🧭 But we'd be lying if we said Chefchaouen didn't play with our moral compass a little.

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👣 7 top things to see and do in and around Fes

👣 7 top things to see and do in and around Fes el Bali… the oldest and biggest Medina in the world!

(Save this post if you’re planning a trip to Fes)

1️⃣ shop till you drop

2️⃣ visit the beautiful Madrasas - we loved Al Attarine Madrasa

3️⃣ check out the various fondouks and souks - we loved the Nejjarine Fondouk and the Henna Souk

4️⃣ get down to the ground floor of the Chouara tannery, take the time to interact and chat with the men at work

5️⃣ watch the sun set from Marinid tombs

6️⃣ take a cooking class with @babsahrafes

7️⃣ walk the Jnan Sbil gardens (there is currently no water in the lake but it will be back in October)

Fes is such an amazing place, with so so so much to see, do and experience. Have you been to Fes… what would you add to this list?

Check out our self-guided walking tour coming soon!

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🇲🇦 In case you were wondering what the ‘wo

🇲🇦 In case you were wondering what the ‘work’ on a Workaway or HelpX looks like in Morocco…. This is it!!

Questions we are frequently asked:

- families CAN workaway or HelpX, there is a filter in the search options
- you don’t pay the host, there is only a small annual fee to join the Workaway platform. HelpX is free.
- there are options worldwide - some more than others
- you can find short term and long term jobs
- working hours vary from 3-5 hours per day. Here in Morocco we were working 3 hours a day
- is it difficult with kids… not at all, we get them involved. They love the responsibility!

⁉️ Any other questions… drop me a message!

🙋‍♀️ What do you think, would you try it?
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🏋️Have you ever thought of Workaway or HelpX

🏋️Have you ever thought of Workaway or HelpX to help fuel your travel adventures?

I’m jumping back to our first month in Morocco as I didn’t share much here on the grid. And our HelpX experience from Morocco is something I want to share and document here to remember forever.

For one month we stayed with our host Ahmed in his home in Tagounite, very near the Sahara. Ahmed is Amazigh which is one of the indigenous groups of Morocco. He lives in one of the toughest environments we have ever experienced.

And so our month living there with him was one of those incredibly challenging but rewarding adventures.

We helped fix the walls where the rain washed the mud away, we made mud bricks and learnt to cook an authentic Moroccan tagine. Most of all we got to experience Moroccan hospitality at its best.

Here is my personal record - the bits I don’t ever want to forget -
🦂 Scary stuff - the spiders and the bloody huge scorpions
⚒️ Tough stuff - using the tools to break the earth to make the mud
🔥 Hot stuff - walking 30-40 minutes to town in 40+ degrees
👀 Surprising stuff - the goats living in the house beside the kitchen
🥁 Fun stuff - hanging out listening to the music jam sessions
🐝 Humbling stuff - the generosity from all
🤢 Yuck stuff - the couple days of vomiting and diarrhoea
🦉 Learning stuff - the ease of adjustment to living without excess
🤍 Love stuff - evening family time in abundance

So there we go! HelpX and Workaway are just two platforms that we love to use. It not only means we are able to travel for longer cheaper… but most importantly we have life changing moments and memories.

🏄🏼‍♀️ 7 lessons at the age of 7 and to

🏄🏼‍♀️ 7 lessons at the age of 7 and totally hooked on surfing ~ and you can bet summer is truly on her mind 🌞

🐌 One of the many great aspects of slow travel and world schooling is the time you get to dive deep into experiences and activities.

🌊 Our girls have thrived in their month-long surf lessons in Essaouira, Morocco.

💥 It’s given them a chance to reconnect with the sea in its wilder form and further build their confidence in the surf. All while meeting new people, making new friends, trying out new experiences, learning new skills and having an absolute blast.

🙏🏻 Thanks to the team @mogasurf & @loving.surf for the month long adventure. The girls can’t wait till we get to our next surf destination to try out their new found love for the surf 🏄🏼‍♀️ 🏝

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✨Ad| Save this post if you are coming to Morocco

✨Ad| Save this post if you are coming to Morocco and want a perfect riad stay in Essaouira!

💎 If you picture a stay in Morocco you imagine walking down narrow Medina alleys and arriving at an antique door. Behind that antique door you open up into a beautiful riad courtyard.

🔑 Then as you gradually look up, you see several floors of tiered balconies stretching up to a blue sky above. It's authentic, it's personal, it's cosy and boutique... it's quintessentially Morocco.

🦋 And hands down, this riad is the epitome of a boutique stay. @ryadwatier is a place for travellers.

🔔 Ryad Watier is the kind of place where you can trust that you'll have a holiday that is special and memorable. If you are a family and you love off-beat travel... Ryad Watier is waiting for you!

👀 See our full review of @ryadwatier up on the blog!

🌍 + 🐙 = 🌊🥷 Look what we found while

🌍 + 🐙 = 🌊🥷

Look what we found while out exploring the rock pools in Essaouira, Morocco with @travelynnfamily …

Worldschooling kids + octopus encounters = the next generation of eco-warriors!

🌍 + 🐙 = 🌊🥷

Give me 🤙 if you agree!

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AD | 🇲🇦 What is a riad? Follow us to @ryadwa

AD | 🇲🇦 What is a riad? Follow us to @ryadwatier in Essaouira Morocco to find out…

🚪 If you picture a stay in Morocco you imagine walking down narrow Medina alleys, turning into a narrower alley and arriving at an antique door.

🌿 Behind that antique door you open up into a beautiful riad courtyard. Then as you gradually look up you see several floors of tiered balconies, which lead into boutique rooms. It's authentic, it's personal, it's cosy, it's quintessentially Morocco.

Read our review of @ryadwatier in Essaouira and find out if it’s the right place for your next vacation ✌️
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🛟 Marrakech - You know when you wait to get to

🛟 Marrakech - You know when you wait to get to a place for what feels like your whole life?

And you finally make it and it meets all your expectations and more. We only had a few nights booked in Marrakech so had a few must-see places to visit bookmarked for our short stay.

These are the top 7 must-see places in Marakech if you are going for 3-4 days!

1️⃣ Jamaa el Fna
2️⃣ Jardin Majorelle
3️⃣ Koutoubia Marrakech
4️⃣ Get lost in the souk
5️⃣ Le Jardin Secret
6️⃣ Ben Youssef - Quran School
7️⃣ Tanneries

This list is short but sweet - it just means we’ll have to go back - and I think we might end up back there before we leave Morocco.

Anything you’d add for us to see next time we go?

⛳️ Save this post if you are planning a quick visit to Marrakech.

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📸 Ben Youssef

🇲🇦 Yallah… here we go… Morocco for three

🇲🇦 Yallah… here we go… Morocco for three months!!

👀 Follow us @myfreerangefamily!

🐌 And we’ll show you what it’s like to live, work and slow travel Morocco.

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🎞 Turkey - the highlight reel! One month in T

🎞 Turkey - the highlight reel!

One month in Turkey deserves it’s own reel I reckon.

Thanks to Turkish Airline’s clever marketing we added Turkey to our FULL-TIME travel destination list.

We came, we saw, we loved… we’ll definitely be back.

Thanks Turkey… it was fun! Get our guides, itinerary & recommendations for all things Turkey over on the BLOG.

🍭 Oh and hey… FOLLOW @myfreerangefamily for more travel adventures!

Next stop Morocco 🇲🇦

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