Hi again. It’s Marlene from Mali Mish. Thanks for signing up for our monthly newsletter. We are excited to start sharing more of our family’s adventures, thoughts and updates in this new format. In our last newsletter, we answered some of your questions about our current situation, future travel plans Read more…
Mali Mish Newsletter – December 2020 Hi. It’s Marlene from Mali Mish. Thanks for signing up for our monthly newsletter. We are excited to start sharing more of our family’s adventures, thoughts and updates in this new format. I guess since this is the first of our monthly newsletters, I Read more…
After taking the evacuation ferry from Morocco to France, we started to drive towards Croatia. On the first night, we tried to cross into Germany but got turned away because the border we chose was for Germans only. The border guard told us we’d have to try a northern border Read more…
Guess what we have today?!?!?! Tickets for the ferry!! WOOHOO!!! (in a bag because germs. lol) There will be two ferries to transport campers from Morocco to France and we got on the first one. Families got priority, if I remember correctly. Police escorted us to the port in smaller Read more…
(March 2020) After 4 full days, the police asked us to leave to Ceuta border and head to the Tanger Med Isolation Camp that the Moroccan government had set up for all of us stuck campers that weren’t allowed to cross into and ferry back to Spain. Instead of parking Read more…
(March 2020) Now that the abandoned puppies that we rescued have been handed off to Morocco Animal Aid, we had a really important decision to make. Morocco has locked down. Like many places around the world, Morocco’s current conditions are very dynamic. As we are passport and residency holders of Croatia, Read more…
(March 2020) When I heard that there was a box of newborn puppies left to die near our camp, I took a quiet minute to myself. News of border closures and virus spread had been consuming us. How in the world could we raise puppies right now, we thought, especially Read more…
Last night after a failed attempt at wild camping, we woke up in front of a small town’s police station and got a early-ish start on our day. Our next stop would be Tafraoute, Morocco. We talked to a Dutch couple here who told us about their trip here 30 Read more…
We filmed a “year in review” for our travels in 2020. Yes, I know 2020 is not over but I don’t foresee us traveling too far for the rest of the year. This year took us to Croatia > Italy > France > Monaco > Spain > Gibraltar > Morocco Read more…
A year ago, we started the Freely Roaming project where we share tips and tricks of this life on the road. We decided it would be great to share those tips in a podcast as well. So as of today, we are officially rebranding our ‘Mali Mish Podcast‘ to ‘The Read more…
Sometimes living on the road looks this: Sleepy giggling kids still on their beds as Dan drives down a bumpy dirt road while I throw all the crap from on top of the counter and fridge haphazardly onto our bed. And why is this craziness happening? Because we parked at Read more…
The drive out of Dades Gorge was beautiful. I thought we saw all the breathtaking spots already in this area but nope. There was plenty more. The rock formations reminded us of our home state of California and that always feels good. Crazy colors in the mountains. The white storks Read more…