Hotel Continental Tangier

We made the trip to Morocco on 29 November by taking the bus from Nerja to Algecerias, Spain and then catching the fast ferry to Tangier, Morocco. The weather was rainy and cool which made the bus trip rather uneventful except for the fact that the bus's windshield wipers didn’t work; the bus driver felt it was more important to stay on sc...

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 o...

So as the coach (bus) crossed the brow of the mountain just past the Rock of Gibraltar, I found myself with a **** eating grin on my face like I haven't had since I touched down in China 10 years ago. There it was, Africa! I dreamed of going there since I was a kid and there it was in plain view across the Straights of Gibraltar. Could hardly ke...

We aussies and a lone kiwi remembered AnzacDay today as we moved countries yet again. Strange feeling to be with so many people for whom it had no significance (until we explained it); Today we left Seville bright and early and headed down to Tarifa, the most southerly port in Spain and just west of Gibraltar which we visit later in the tour. Ta...

We left Algecira on a ferry, passed by the Rock of Gibraltar and then after an hour or so of cruising pulled into port in Tangier Africa!! The Port welcome sign in French and Arabic was the first indication of how different Morocco would be. There were also countless very persistent touts, the most original of had a fake badge and tried to tell ...

Buenas Amigos Mios, Hey guys, just thought I would give you a follow up on our trip to Marruecos (Morocco). Wow, talk about one of the most eye-opening experiences of my life! You can´t even imagine how people live there! The poverty was just crazy. It was so sad at times to see some of the kids or those who were living on the streets in the Med...

Here I am, back on this space sooner than I expected thanks to free wi-fi Internet courtesy of the fancy hotel next door to the rock-bottom one I'm staying at. My first day in Morocco went quite (and I'd like to underline the quite..) smoothly, both Monty the Land Rover and I are still in one piece, I've found a nice place to stay, nosed around ...

When Diana and I were planning my visit to Spain, we thought it would be fun to leave Madrid for the weekend.  We were considering the north of Spain and Portugal, but Morocco was really intriguing to the two of us.  We chose to fly to Tangier over Marrakesh or Casablanca because the flight was extremely cheap.  There are so many discount airlin...

Gigantesque fatigue, bonne comme une chope de plomb toute chaude, et qui recouvre tout. Trouver le vélo. Monter le vélo. Courir les zouks pour trouver un porte bagage. Faire la bouffe. Avoir une discussion très longue avec Amélie parce que, hein, fait chier que !!! Démonter le vélo, mal monté au départ. Remonter le vélo. Aller manger avec Isham ...

DAY 59 - MARCH 3, 2007 Sal-om, Walh-ay-com. Walh-ay-com, Sal-om. The above is a typical greeting in Arabic. Needless to say, I butchered the phonetic spelling, but you get he gist ... I hope. My trip to Morocco may have been the most intriguing of my life. I went with my entire studying abroad program; it was my first trip to Africa as well as m...