AC Algeciras

... the border into Morocco was quite the experience. First off of our passports were given to the border officials who then took about 20 minutes to harass our guides, Gavin and Summer. Next we were ushered out of the truck to be evaluated by the "doctor" to make sure we didn’t look sickly. I guess they are just as worried about swine flu as the US. The doctor snapped our photograph and then we were directed back to the other officials who gave us back our ...

... luck were we were standing currently. After about half an hour he dropped us on a roundabout from where we walked to a slip road. However, after about 45mins it became clear that not much traffic was passing that way, so we decided to brave the motorway and walk to the next junction-a 5km walk which left us all pretty knackered and rather dehydrated as our water stocks were running low. Here Luck was definately on our side ...

... wel raar in zo'n natuurlijk landschap. Eerst zijn we afgestapt in Tarifa. Dit is echt een klein paradijs voor surfers (wind -en Kitesurfers). Der is super veel wind, mega groot strand, super schone appel-blauwe zee, kei kei kei veel surfshops, echt waar, de max gewoon! We waren er om 13u en hebben der wa rondgewandeld en vooral liggen kijken naar de surfers (zie pics). Vanuit Tarifa kunde dus ook met den overzet naar Tanger en Ceuta, enkel 35min. met den boot. Omdat het zo'n goe ...

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The ferry lets off in Algeciras, and since I have another day before I catch my flight from Seville to the Canary Islands, I figure I might as well crash there, since I already know Sevilla well. Like many border towns, Algeciras is almost more Moroccan than Morocco. And like some other towns in the southernmost Mediterranean Europe, especially the Arab-influenced ones, it's dirt ...

... informatie op een rijtje te zetten en ons zo goed mogelijk voor te bereiden. De zenuwen beginnen ook toe te slaan; dit gaat toch wel een lastige tocht worden! Vooral de getijdentabel zorgt voor enige onduidelijkheid. Time zone -1 hour staat erboven. Verder staat erbij dat je voor een gedeelte van de tabel de zomertijd moet toepassen. Maar Gibraltar hanteert toch Nederlandse zomertijd (UTC +2)? Uiteindelijk komen we eruit, hoewel ik achteraf niet meer weet hoe we ...

Ceuta. Spanish Morocco, and the start of my 36 hour nightmare. I originally planned on going from Ceuta to Malaga via ferry but apparently no ferries went during winter (thanks for not telling me that, Lonely Planet!). In fact, the weather was bad enough to cancel all ferries scheduled for travel to and from Algeciras. I had booked a night's accommodation in Malaga and not Ceuta, so I spent the night on the floor of the ferry ...

... the tail of a donkey and running down the road. Too cute! We spent a day hiking up to the top of a pass. We have a new riddle that describes Don and I. Why did the stupid Americans climb the mountain? To see what was on the other side... Actually, more villages. Our hotel here was very interesting and owned by a Frenchmen. Why do they make those funny low growling sounds? We had fun watching a French boxing match with him. At one point he pretended like ...

... we were getting off this lightly & he'd be back for us tomorrow before we left (we had planned to leave on the evening bus). So we were a bit shook up & then we notice the manager of the hotel was pacing up & down outside our room & as he seemed to know our guy well we got really scared he case he was gonna do something to us & then we decided we'd leave on the 6am bus as our man would not be up (he slept til lunch time the other days) so we packed up & slept in our clothes ...