Hiking from Casablanca to Kenitra via Rabat at 76!

Eugene O'Leary Start Date: Mar 10, 2019 - End Date: Sep 9, 2019
  • Cultural Exchange
  • Educational/Research Trip
  • Vacation/Personal Trip
  • Casablanca, Morocco
  • Rabat, Morocco
  • Kenitra, Morocco

My Travel Story

by: Eugene O'Leary Start Date: Mar 10, 2019 - End Date: Sep 9, 2019
  • Cultural Exchange
  • Educational/Research Trip
  • Vacation/Personal Trip
Firstly a bit of information about myself. I became a 76 year old "teenager" on 9th. January 2019. I come originally from Whitegate, Co. Cork, but I have lived here in Howth, Co. Dublin for the past 45 years. My ambition now, is to do a long hike from Casablanca to Kenitra in Morocco.

I have taken part in 500 kilometre cycles (over 5 days) in Umhlanga Rocks, South Africa; around Lake Balaton, Hungary; Riccione, Italy; Monterey, California; Flagstaff, Arizona; Athens, Georgia and Niagara, Ontario.

I also cycled from Faro to Evora in Portugal and then across Spain to Pamplona before cycling over the Pyrenees and as far as Bergerac in France. I then cycled the Camino de Santiago from Logroño to Santiago. On 21st. June of the following year, I cycled from Rovaniemi on the Arctic Circle in Finnish Lapland to Haparanda, Sweden and then down the coast of Finland to Pori, before crossing to Helsinki.

Over the past couple of years I have concentrated on long distance hiking rather than cycling (probably caused by the aging process, :-) ). I have hiked the Camino Portuguese twice and the Camino to Muxia and Cape Finisterre three times.

I hiked across Ireland at its widest point i.e. from Slyne Head, Co. Galway to Howth Head, Co. Dublin. I then hiked from Dublin to Cork.
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I am now looking for your assistance in helping me to achieve my dream.

For a donation of €5 I will send you a handwritten and signed postcard from Casablanca.

For a donation of €10, I will send handwritten and signed postcards from Casablanca, Rabat and Kenitra.

For a donation of €20, I will send you all of the above plus a photo of myself holding an A4 photo of yourself (from your Facebook page, or you can email one to me at eugeneoleary8@gmail.com ) beside a Moroccan signpost.

For a donation €50, you get all of the above plus a t-shirt or baseball cap from Morocco. Just send me the t-shirt size and let me know if it is for a male or female.

  • Casablanca, Morocco
  • Rabat, Morocco
  • Kenitra, Morocco

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