Ibn Battutah was a Moroccan scholar who traveled to different parts of Asia and Africa. From 1325 to 1354 CE, he passed through the regions of Asia and Africa. Ibn Battutah decided after his second pilgrimage to Mecca to take the road. He documented every trip he took during his journey. He wrote about his experiences, his thoughts, the various people he met, the customs of the different countries and regions he visited, and the general condition of the regions he visited. Throughout his travels, Ibn Battutah discovered remarkable cultures that he visited. He also criticized certain unique cultures. Some of the practices of foreign cultures documented by Ibn Battutah differed completely from some customs of his culture. The differences in cultures led him to be critical of the places he visited. After Ibn Battutah returned to Morocco in 1354 after his trip, the Sultan of Morocco asked Ibn Battutah to write an account of his trip. Some of the regions crossed by Ibn Battutah are the desert region of Africa, South Asia, the eastern coast of Africa and China. Ibn Battutah's journey began after he left his hometown of Tangier on July 14, 1325. He visited the city of Cairo and was amazed by the city. He described it as the “mother of cities, mistress of vast regions and fertile lands, limitless in multitude of buildings, unrivaled in beauty and splendor, the meeting place of comers and passers-by, the stopping place of the weak and of the mighty, whose multitudes surge like the waves of the sea and can scarcely be contained within it for all its size and capacity.” After leaving Cairo, he crossed Upper Egypt and was amazed by the Nile. Ibn Battutah described the Nile River...... middle of paper ...... completes his journey and returns to Morocco in 1354. Throughout his journey, Ibn Battutah had to make detours and routes different due to some unavoidable circumstances. For example, Ibn Battutah had to take a detour because the Beja people were at war with the Turks. He was to cross via Camel to his next destination. By traveling via Camel, you have increased the time travel duration to its next destination. Ibn Battutah also made frequent stops during his travels, which increased his travel time. For example, Ibn Battutah visited Bethlehem on his way to Jerusalem. With the detours Ibn Battutah took during his journey and the number of miles he covered, it is incredible that he crossed the vast continent of Asia. The Asian continent is vast and I find it hard to believe that he can make the trip in a short time..