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Tangier Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Tangier, Morocco
To Tangier, formerly known as City of Pedophilia
This is a top pick! ... , with a small, centrally-located and picturesque casbah, which we, of course, rocked. Our last stop before leaving Morocco was a night in Tangier, a city known for many years as a kind of "anything goes" naughtiness. It boasted a huge industry of ...
Roaming Morocco
This is a top pick! ... was happening slowly enough that you really had to watch closely to see it happening. Why Didn't We enter Morocco Here? (Tangier) Somehow I think that we were extremely misled when we decided to enter Morocco through Melilla. Tangier is probably ...
The green hills of Africa (and the dirt of Tanger)
This is a top pick! (S) I think we're both still trying to collect our thoughts on Morocco - or at least I am. More later. Enjoy the pics. (C) This story has to be told, though. We landed at port and weaved our way through the guides (who officially don't exist ...
mi vida en el sol
This is a top pick! Yo estoy en Espana! (I put for the update that I'm in Tangier, Morocco, 'cuz that sounds cool...more on that later.) On Saturday (April 10) my alarm was supposed to wake me at 5:30am, but never went off. Luckily, I woke up at 5:53am and looked at my ...
Side-trek to Tangiers
This is a top pick! ... or Fez and Marrakesh. A return visit for those one day I reckon - even Karen is talking about a holiday to Morocco sometime soon! Epilogue: apart from a long queue as hundreds of non-EU visitors surged the immigration counter, Alex experienced ...
Boo Hoo, Last Day in Morocco
This is a top pick! ... London. We really want to come back here to explore the Sahara desert and more of the Atlas because we have just scratched the surface! Morocco is on the top of our list of favorites! Love to all and we hope that everyone is well, Don and Jo Ann ...
Beginning Our Moroccon Adventure.
This is a top pick! ... to our busabout pass. Our adventure began when our bus from Granada arrived at Algeciras the embarkation point for the ferries to Tangier in Morocco. On the 3 hour ferry trip we met up with Bronwyn another Aussie who was to be on our tour and was ...
Arriving in Tangier
... Tangier. Much of the excitement we felt in arriving there came from our anticipation of the experiences we might have in Morocco. Also, there was quite a different feeling as we exited the ferry terminal and joined the fray of people rushing ...
A Taste of Tangier
... be modest on the outside and not show your wealth. This was definitely in contrast to the “California” district of Tangier that we’d driven through earlier this morning with its large estates and country club houses. Our walk through the ...
...Bonjour d'Afrique
... of the medina was somewhat closer to two hours! I have a sneaky suspicion that this may impact on the number of day trippers to Morocco from Spain. Being in Tanger can be make or break however. It's a grotty little city that's full of nothing but hassle. ...
Another Awesome day in North Africa
Tangier, Morocco From our Cruise Log Wednesday, April 3, 2013 - Tangier, Morocco 05:54 Pilot Embarked 07:14 Safely Docked 17:57 Vessel Undocked 23:02 Pilot Embarked (For Cadiz) Tangier has always been associated with the exotic intrigue. Among the ...
Morocco
... we had amazing views. Our temporary guide at the shop was amazing. Great sense of humour, one tooth. Talked about Morocco's multiculturalism, beauty, and cheap living. Came down to take a sales pitch on overpriced handmade rugs spread out before us. Had ...
Tangier
The train station at Tangier was really nice and probably he best one in morocco at the moment. We walked over to the taxi rank and a grand taxi driver beckoned us over as he already had three american lads in his car who he was taking to the port. We ...
Mad Buggers!!!
This is a top pick! The plan was simple 1) Get to Morocco with plenty of time to get out of Tangiers in a hurry – the place has a bad reputation! 2) Don't drive in the dark in Morocco, the crazy buggers don’t always ...
From Europe to Africa - a rainy day in Tangier
... nbsp; After organizing (and drying out a bit) at the hotel, they started with their first plunge into an Arabic souk at Tangier's Grand Socco (of course, with the rain pouring). So many tiny little shops selling all sorts of strange items... the ...
Tangier
... country apart and European powers lined up for the fallout. Raisuli demanded $70,000 in gold, amnesty, and the governorship of Tangier. Enter President Teddie Roosevelt who, in spite of knowledge to the contrary, insisted that Perdicaris was a ...
Christmas Break Part 1 - Travel and New Years Eve
... room, at which point I promptly fell asleep. When the girls got back, they announced that they had scheduled a day trip for us to Tangier, Morocco for the next day (New Years Eve). We hung out, caught up with each other, and pretended we were going to go ...
Kingdom of Morocco
... if to remind us that we were leaving Europe and entering Africa, the trip took five bumpy hours. We docked in the port of Tangier with low expectations, having heard that it’s a town not worth lingering in, and after our 5 hour stop there we ...
Chez Ramdane
... to prayer as it echos through every neighborhood in the city. We left Paris at 5am on Thursday and took a cheap flight to Tangier. My friends who live between Tangier and Paris were also on the plane with us. Upon arrival Ramdane took care of ...
A day in Africa
No big game parks for us, just a day tour to see something different.... and that it was. The day started early for us tourists, we had to be at the harbour by 10am but alas we still missed the boat and tour we wanted so off to the ...
Hello My Friend, How Are You?
5/21 - Hello My Friend How Are You? So I've figured it out. Whe na Morrocan in Tangier asks "How are you today, my friend?" he wants me to buy hash. When he asks "Where are you going?" he wants to be my guide. I love the order of operations. It goes ...
What a journey...
getting the ferry was easy, however even though you can see Morocco from Algeciras, the 90min ferry took three hours (still not sure why?). The Moroccans seemed very relaxed about it all...on into Tangier. Pickin gup the next car was easy. The touts at ...
How bout we go to Morocco?
... of awkwardly spinning wind turbines, onto the fairly seedy, nondescript port town of Algeciras. Buying tickets for the 3pm ferry to Tangier, Morocco, we were thrilled to wait an additional 2 hours before the hulking-ass ferry reversed out of the port, ...
Not in Paris
... yelled after us asking where we were from. One such guy yelled "The Doors? Jim Morrison is alive and living in Morocco!" To this Sneeze broke the no-English rule and protested, "But I've been to his gravesite in Paris!" ...
I didn't love Tangier, Morocco
It could be a really great cultural experience to visit Tangier. But Wow. There are so many people putting goods in your face all at once, trying to sell you stuff that your heart starts racing. And I'm a pretty calm person. ...