Hotel Dulce Nombre Tarifa

... of all time. The main exhibit hall, painted ocean blue and laid out with ornate mosaic tile work and crystal chandeliers, was truly old school. Not only featuring living aquatic animals, but an amazing perspective into the history of aquatic exploration...before there was a conservation orientation. When courageous teams of men from around the world competed to reach Antarctica first, to build the first functional submarine, to design the first scuba suit....when squid and ...

... and all.<br><br>We snooped around a little church that displayed several saintly skeletons from the 3rd century, and lots of soulful Madonnas.<br><br>This part of the world has some interesting mixtures of cultures. These hill towns were built to guard against the Moors, and so became obsolete around 1492. An aside about the cultural mishmash: Toledo has an Arabic looking building that looks ...

Just an overnight stop in the most southernmost town of continental Europe with world renowned winds. It´s just a little bit windy here, to walk in a straight line you have to walk at an angle. Never have we experienced such high winds, they bloody nearly blew us away. When you go to the beach you get a free skin care routine as the ...

... Looking along the 9km beach this morning we could have counted the number of people on the beach, although I can't imagine it's like this in high season. Behind the beach in the sand dunes looks to be an unofficial camping area for campervans, including quite a few 'travellers' who don't look as though they travel much these days. There is also another official campsite, Les Dunes, which from the N340 is about 500m on the left (follow signs for Paloma Playa) past ...

... streets are narrow and made of cobblestones. There is a cool statue to Sancho the Fourth, the Brave, with a lion. He saved the town from the Moors, but he also killed a lot of people trying to be king. We are staying in an old house that is now a hotel. Last night they had a concert downstairs right below our room - it was hard to sleep because it started at 10 at night and went on until about 3 in the morning ...

... Grand Socco/ Petit Socco get busy. I don't take as many pictures in the Medinah/Kasbah as I'm aware we stand out BIG TIME. We have a distinct feeling of being watched and its more eerie when the cries for prayer are loudly broadcast throughout the city. Abdul takes us to the Anglican cemetary (yes...Abdul..we know, Christianity tolerance). Interesting to see Brit graves from wars going back ...

... looked at us and shouted, ¨George Bush!¨ Not wanting to assume anything one way or the other, we shouted back in unison, ¨George Bush!¨ and transitioned quickly back to our charming, apolitical perma-grins. This resulted in a stalemate, maybe because he could detect neither affinity nor disdain in our response. Maybe the only English he knew was, ¨George Bush!¨ At any rate, the interaction ended as they all did...that brief, awkward silence ...

... place you visit but onlyfor a few weeks--- we decided that staying a month is asking for trouble. The ferry is a funny obstacle laden affair in itself-- boyprostitutes- this partnot funny- and lots of mysterious forms to fill out, **** the ferry is leaving in 5 minutes, but no ideas as to where they are to be got, except for the smarmy helpful guys ´selling´ said forms. We persevered and got what we needed and got on the ferry ...

Back to Tangier. Went back to see the folks at Kasbah.Net. I forget their names. Just faffed about really and showed Emma the glorius sights of the scene of the movie Casablanca (Yes, strangely enough it wasn't set in Casablance the city but in Tangier the international zone during the war. Going to Tarifa on the Fast-Ferry. Yummy Falefel and beer and ...

... my gold tooth and said "Oh gold tooth i pull that out", Then he asked did i have husband or boyfriend... i said i had a sister, then he repeated do you have a husband or boyfriend i said "yes, and anyway i make it a rule never to go out with men who want to pull my teeth out!" So thankfully me and my gold tooth left the shop intact. We walked around the city some more and then returned to the port to get the ferry back again. Again our ferry, now running on ...