Tetouan
Travel Blogs from Tetouan, Morocco
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funny keyboqrd in tqngiers
... here as we anticipated, India is much more intense, but in India you can crack it quite safely, there is a definite edge in Morocco and keeping ones' cool is paramount. Stayed in the medina (old) area of Tangier in a crumbling old hotel. Our room was ...
Into Morocco
... in an entirely different culture we caught a taxi with another Spanish couple who were also heading south. We finally arrive in Tetouan and were a little bit shocked with all the hustle and bustle and after arriving with no map and being swamped by would ...
First Night in Africa
... an hour of waiting, horn blowing and more waiting we were into Morocco. For the first nights camp we were near Tetouan on the Mediterranean Coast of Morocco and it was time to get on with the cooking duties. With such a simple meal to prepare and cook ...
Secret police, Wannabe Terrorists, and Thieves
... full force. The guards at the gate found this to be pretty funny, and let us pass with out any further ado. I liked Morocco. I didn´t love it. I would not go back, unless it was to the Sahara or to buy carpets or something. The shop keepers kept ...
Medina, accostages & co !
... basse qu'il ne fait pas "La Carême", c'est bon il a la conscience nous dit-il ! Qu'est ce qu'on a rigolé !!! Direction Tetouan ! C'est grand... "Le bel Hamid" nous emmène au parking, nous suit, ne nous quitte plus !! On nous propose une visite guide, ...
My Long Lost Brother
... sun. We returned to the hostal for our backpacks and walked over to the where the grand taxis to Tetouan were located. Grand taxis are used in Morocco for travel between towns that are located relatively close to each other, and function almost like buses ...
Tetouan, the other armpit of Morocco
... a while : the lucky bunch sails around the world and winters in Southern Spain. They decided to take the peak at Morocco. How the heck did they end up in Tetouan ? As for us, we dream of getting a hold of the 2 Lonely Planet guidebook authors. We have ...
DAY 59 - MARCH 3, 2007
... abroad program; it was my first trip to Africa as well as my first trip to an Islamic nation. I saw three cities: Tanger, Tetouan, and Chefchaouen. All three make you see the world differently. I saw some of the worst jobs I have ever seen. As part ...
Culture shocked
On our way to Chefchaouen we stopped at Tetouan and I experienced my first Moroccan market, a sure culture shock. It was in the Medina, which is the old walled part of town. The first thing that hit me as we walked into the crowds of people was the ...
Welcome to Africa!.....Please Wait
... the full tour. Couple of hours spent in port before our 30 min ferry crossing to Ceuto (Spanish enclave of Morocco). Heading to a campsite near Tetouan instead of Tangier due to time spent at the border, after stocking up the truck at a cash and ...
Get your passport stamped!!!
... to the police but because we slept most of the way we missed 4 announcements telling us to get our passports stamped for entry into Morocco. So when we showed the police our passports they sent us back to the boat to get it stamped....but it wasn't as ...
Tetouan and my most frustrating day of travel
Our final stop in Morocco before heading back to Spain was Tetouan. It´s a decent sized town pretty close to the Mediteranean. We arrived at the dark, stinky, very sketchy bus station and quickly surfaced to the town. It was actually a fun town to ...
2 hours in Tetouan
Tetouan is a small town 1 hour away by bus. A few people on the bus said it was quite a dangerous city to be alone in, and after a little while I could see why! And to think I was going to spend a night there too! However, in the 2 hours I spent in the ...
Marruecos
... Sevilla to Algerciras, then took a ferry across the Straights of Gibraltar, arrived in Ceuta, which is a spanish city in northern Morocco, then hopped on another bus, went through customs here and began our journey. In Tetuan we visited: -A ...
Crossing the border to another world
... to wave at us and recognize how important we where. What are the odds that we would see the King whle in Morocco. We then qrrived in Tetouan and our cabby apparently bumped a guy on a bike. They argued in languages I could neve hope to understand. We ...
New day, new country!
... English and Spanish, particularly in the northern parts of the country where we are. I'm not really sure what I expected of Morocco; I went to Ghana last year, but I know that assuming that they'll be the same just because it's the same continent ...
Farewell to Fez
It was a very full day yesterday. I managed to find the Palais Juan Hotel and discovered the Ravi Shankar film was to be shown at 10 a.m. I quickly went to the train station to buy our train tickets back to Tangier, went back to our hotel to get Yoong ...
tu ne repartiras pas sans ton tapis mon frère!
Cette moto qui s approche alors que nous roulons vers la médina de Tétouan. Plutôt de nous aider! parking trouvé, Abdullah nous fait visiter la médina puis nous propose de voir les toits. La montée vers la terrasse et à droite, se cache une salle ...
Saliendo para Marruecos!!!
... are 2 points in northern Africa that are Spanish territory. After getting off the boat, the group gathered and we got on a bus to Tetouan, Morocco, about an hour and a half drive from the port. It only took a minimal 10 minutes to reach the ...
Tetouan, Chefchouan and Martil
... - there isnt much to do there. The last place we visited was Martil - a small beach area around a 5 dirham ride from Tetouan. It was right along the Mediterranean coast and filled with people. Caitlin and I rented an umbrella for 15 dirham, and just ...
"I just say..."
... Morocco. When we finally got through the border, we started our way to our hotel in Tetouan. Abdul told us a bunch of interesting things about Morocco, its history and culture on our way to the hotel. Everybody was pretty exhausted when ...
Oh the Joys of Africa
... two inches of a parked car. I couldn't even believe it was possible but Gavin seems to have some serious driving skills. In Tetouan we hired a guide to show us around the city and take us to the local market where we saw the most mouth watering foods ...
Morocco
... if I did, but with only a rucksack and an empty wallet, I can't just buy everything thrust at me... Wish I could say more about Morocco but returned back to Gibraltar the same night, as I didn't have a Visa that would allow me any longer. Yet again, I ...
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