100% Fun Tarifa

Santiago's journey and realization of Omens began in Tarifa, Andalusia. The King who was introduced at the plaza of Tarifa changed Santiago's perspective and path in life. Melchizedek was the first and most powerful Omen that Santiago encountered throughout 'The Alchemist"."In order to find the treasure ...

... brown people.  Very lovely beach actually.  There were some great waves and the water was clean.  No dead rats!  Soaked up a little sun and then headed back into town to sort out internet and get some drinks.<br><br>Happy hour at this great little cafe (where I am sitting again today) saw us counting dogs from the window and talking way too much again.  We headed for dinner at a pizza joint and then went to ...

... menu, unclear of what it was offering, and the two internationals that we are, offered assistance and our personal recommendations. We wiped our hands and faces clean, and headed deeper into the evenings maze - oh yes, we were happy. Since we have left our trip to The Plan, trusting what Fortune throws our way, I told Carrie that she had 1 left and 1right to use to get us to the next bar (of course straights counted as a ...

... At the 40 kms mark I broke the news to Dave that I wasn't in fact going to be able to do the 35 MORE kms he had planned (despite the fact he told me it was 60 in total this morning) so we decided to stay here, at Medina Sidonia. All the better when we discovered there was a campsite, well a sign for a campsite, which we followed, up and up (yes, another bloody Pueblo Blanco) for several kms, then down and down, at which point we discovered the site was ...

... swelter with the windows closed. We stopped off for lunch at a roadside servo stop, and had some ordinary chicken rolls and chips for lunch, and rolled into camp quite latish, this was one of the more boring days on the trip as when we reached the campsite in Moulay Busselton there was little to do but set up camp, eat dinner, sit around for a while and then head to bed. And we had satay for dinner... yuk. Friday 15th - Cap Spartel We were up again ...

... with people sitting in the halls - the food man couldn't make it down -- plus impossible to go to the loo as people had blocked the entrance - it was pretty much like peak hour on the trains in Melbourne. With all the bodies it was steaming hot inside and we all pretty much passed out and slept. I read for a bit and was entertained by the baby that was in our compartment... We arrived in Tangier 5 hours later and got some big cabs to our hotel - some really ...

... landscape description might help you visualize the areas we travel. Although we did not stay a night in Tarifa travelling through the mountain range was wonderful. They had literally thousands of windmills generating power which was quite awe inspiring. Tarifa is known for it´s incredible winds - up to 75 km/hr with an average of 21k/hr ...

... the streets again and were continously chased throughout town by vendors. Worse than Chinatown in NYC!! Joe bought a Thierry Henry FC Barcelona jersey for 10 euro. I bought a few little bits and a nice Moroccan style shirt in purple--nice embroidery. We headed back on the ferry and drove back home--what a long and exhausting day, but Joe and I decided that we will go back when it's time to decorate a bar and a apartment!

... Bureau because we thought it would be a good place to find a rental car - or a train ticket. Of course we didn't have a guidebook, a map, OR a clue that today was Sunday. Tourist Bureau was closed, and the cab was gone, but a helpful guide offered to show us the sights. I sighted a Budget rental car sign and we ran to it. It was closed. But the one next ...

... one and seemed reasonably happy with his 10 dinhar tip, 70p. I would like to say that I have stayed in worse places than my cheap pension, unfortunately that would be a lie. However at less than 3 pounds a night and for only é nights I'm sure (hoping) I'll survive. I do have my suspicions that it may be an occasional brothel, but I've had that before. I'm knackered now, off to try and sleep, my adventure with the friendly hussler will be relayed later.