Ahlen Tangier

Milli says:



We were up very
early to make sure we made our train so we could organise places to stay once
we got there. Though dads snoring had meant we had been awake on and off for
hours. Joy. One of the guys in our riad kindly woke up with us and made us a
really good breakfast of honey roti, yoghurt, and mint tea. Leaving him bleary
eyed and ready to go back to sleep (as I wanted to) we walked to the nearest
Tangier, Morocco shanemilli

... of us there was an awkward silence as we stood on the roof of this dudes house. The silence was eventually broken when he said (with his morocan arabic accent) . .. . .'Spliff?'. . . . . . . you had to be there, honestly, was definately one of the funniest moments.

Anyway, feeling a little light headed from cycling in the heat all day me and Olly explored the town at night which was so mental it felt like you were in a computer game.

... of time to the check-in hall to find it closed due to some kind of vague ‘security issue’. When they finally did open, only 20 minutes before check-in for our flight was supposed to close, there was a mass stampede. Somehow we ended up being the last checked in to our flight. But it didn’t seem to matter in the end as our flight was delayed. There were only about 40 people flying with us so we all spread out on the plane.
Tangier, Morocco lingo83

... In lots of ways it reminded us of the Alfama? district in Lisbon. We saw the Kasbah come to life as people emerged to buy food from the Berber country people who had brought produce in to the city market. City women were usually wearing long gowns and had covered heads. There were only occasional burkahs(the face mask). Many men were also wearing the long gowns and most were bearded. Before we got very far down into the Kasbah the street hawkers hit us. We ...

... Tangier, particualarly around the ports is, if you are female be prepared to be hustled. I was proposition at least 4 times and had guys hanging around me all night........ The train was cosy, 4 to a cabin, 2 bunks. Getting a lower bunk (I can't climb) we settled in for the evening. As it was getting late, I snuggled down to read my book and chill out for a bit, while the train's motion soothed me....

... who were able to show me around quite a bit. Once we'd thoroughly explored the medina we went to Casa Barata, on the outskirts of Tangier. It's basically a giant open-air flea market, with all kinds of goods, from traditional Moroccan handicrafts to European factory rejects to cheap imports made in China. I bought an ipod charger and a pair of trousers there, and got into a spirited but unsuccessful bargaining match with ...

... bargain, etc.  The adventure began at the airport.  First, we had a rather intense bargaining session with the cabbie who was trying to add 35% to the posted fare, and after he shouted at us about how the signs were out of date (meanwhile quoting the official posted fare to Tangier) and yelling about how we were stealing the food out of his childrens' mouths, we agreed to a rate of 17% over the official rate.  Upon arrival in Asilah, the cabbie ...

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... so black from top to bottom that you could have closed the door and developed pictures in it. I ate cous cous and some meat on a stick in a restaurant and 2 beers...4.5 euros. The old part of morocco is built on old castles and ruins of old buildings. I have pics (which i cant upload on this computer either...dammit!) of the bottoms of buildings being support for the new architecture. Now back to Spain!

Hello all! Well, my classes are done, and I am now officially allowed

to teach! :) Feel the sense of accomplishment? Yeah. It´s there :)

SOOOO...... Today, I took a day trip to Morocco! I went by myself..

Took a 2 hour bus ride to Tarifa, then a "35 min" ferry ride to

Tanger...took more like an hour.... It was kind of intimidating

traveling there alone, but it all worked out.


Tangier, Morocco missyjoymel