Casa Perleta Chefchaouen

... on the bus, we kinda stuck together. She shared some food, and it was a pretty nice atmosphere. We stopped at a city half way, for about an hour. Some weird Moroccan guy came on in the typical religious outfit and started 'preaching' with a rock in his hand. I have no clue what it was all about, but very interesting. I fell asleep for a little while during the drive, but awoke in a sweat. The old cheap buses don't have air conditioning, and in the desert and the ...

... many others. The landscape changed oh so gradually. Or sometimes not really at all. Spain shares much with Morocco. Also the faces of the people slowly morphed across one continent and into another. The current, recent, and past immigrations and migrations and occupations creating an unreadable map of features printed on the population. Then again there is more similarity between a Bosnian and a Croat and a Florentine and a Venetian and a Provencal and a ...

... car park carrying what could only be described as a tree... definitely not a log. After dinner and a few drinks (Rachel on vodka rose) Rachel and Suzy went over to check out the competition. Turns out a few of them had tried to get on Oasis but were fully booked. They had max capacity of 28 and currently had 22 people - 4 couples with 16 guys and 6 girls. Even with those odds it still wasn't positive on the guy front with Suzy ...

... us in our panic as the ATM ate Dan's bank card.  Since it was a Sunday, and the bank was closed, we started to get desperate.  Upon the suggestion of the taxi driver (in Arabic and minimal French) Dan started to dash up the hill to find a police officer that might be able to help.  Just as Dan started up the hill the ATM belched loudly and spit out Dan's card.  Relieved we found another ATM and continued down to the bus station. The morning ...

... budget hotel. There were no rooms left but we were offered the rooftop terrace to sleep on and this suited us. The hotel had a beautiful courtyard downstairs and the roof had some great views out over the rooftops and mountains and hashish smoking hippies who had taken up residence there. We were able to wash our laundry by hand and hang it up to dry on the roof, 30 dirham was the price for sleeping space and that is under AU$5, a good deal and we ...

Chefchaouen is everything I needed. Callie and I decided on the trip after the disaster of Marrakech. We just wanted to be on our own in a less-touristy place. Chefchaouen was a good choice. The only problems we had were related to weather and my terrible hayfever issues. We even spent a little bit of time in Tetouan while we tried to figure out how to get a taxi to ...

... of some of the advancements diminished so many of the important things to the people of the city. For example, on our tour he took us to one of the baths, called a "Hamam". He said that there used to be many of them in the city because there was not running water in everybody's houses, so bathing was a social activity and was a real part of the culture. Now, however, the hamams are used mostly for tourism and very few Moroccans use them ...

... all have strong wills and open minds and took the experience for what it is. At least we know it`s fresh. The rest of the time was spent exploring and of course, trying the food. We had some lovely mint tea and "Thousand Paper" cake. Mmmmmm...... Our campsite tonight overlooks the valley and the village and the mood is good, so I`ll ditch this computer now and go and have a beer with the group Love you all D & T

... thought I had missed it when they told me the bus was at 1200 and my watch said 1pm, until they pointed to a clock and I realized I apparently crossed a time zone, and had gained 2 hours. Waiting for the bus, I had already started to get a sense of what was in store for me. I had trouble making eye contact with men, or even getting them to respond to a question. in Islamic culture, women are subservient to men. The y will not aknowledge a woman alone who is ...

... being sponsored by the Spanish concrete industry and UK Pension Funds. Its a little bit out there, but there is some currency in the general idea. At Alicante port we are given no news on visas, but advised to head to the consulate in town. Its a public holiday in Algeria, and embassies are of course slave to anything that allows them to reduce the amount of those hectic 10.00 - 13:00 working days, but we are told that if you bang on the door loud enough, someone will ...