Hotel El Oumnia Puerto Tangier

... coming our way and we
realised there was only one railway track – hello?! We are in FIELDS, there is
PLENTY of room to make another track!!!!!!! And Morocco was supposed to have
the best train system in Africa. Freaking hell.

So we hobbled
along and finally made it to Tangier. We were VERY excited about this, I think
we are drawn to places on the coast and we could smell the sea air.

We took a taxi
to a place a little further away but supposed to be ...

... br>This morning we thought we would try the ATM again. This time not only was it not accepting my card, but it also had had an egg thrown at it and was covered in dried egg white. !! We couldn’t even buy breakfast, everything was still closed. We gave up again and checked out. The guy dealing with us at the desk kept giving everything back to Marty, even though it was all my stuff. I paid with my credit card and he gave it back to Marty ...

... Spanish seaside development(lots of it partly finished with blank gaping glassless windows because the money crisis has hit Spain too and a lot of developers have gone under) to our hotel in Torremolinos. We were back in Europe, the land of the Euro, beautiful old buildings and ugly modern development, of kilometre after kilometre of olive trees and beautiful four lane highways. Tomorrow we retrace our steps back towards Tarifa to visit Gibraltar - the Rock.

... of the group were New York high school kids who looked at me like I was some sort of Al-qaeda terrorist whenever I tried to make conversation. After lunch we were dragged to more shops, but then our tour guide split me off from the group, and had his assistant take me to other different shops on my own. I think he realised I was a backpacker and didn't have any money, so he didn't want the rich americans to see me actually say ...

We are finally in Tangier, Morocco after a crazy travel day and a half to get here and have entered into what our guide book says is one of the greatest shows on Earth. Morocco is charming us already and i am sure it will enchant us even more as we get familiar with the fascinating Muslim culture. The computer keyboard i am typing on is in Arabic and the English alphabet letters are scattered around the board making this blog a slow process. Morocco will ...

... a snowy area and across a fast flowing stream to another path, then climbing to another pass, and climbing another mountain to a summit of shattered rock. I am at around 4000 metres judging by the other mountains around and I am feeling the combination of altitude, lack of water, lack of food (haven't eaten anything all ay), heat (the sun is scorching down, and the wind is so strong it has blown my hat away and has ripped another button off my shirt, which I wrap around my ...

... old man running a telephone shop. Sadly, the dinners were mostly uninspired. We had a hard time finding restaurants where the locals ate dinner because it's much more traditional to eat the evening meal in the home with family. Also, at every dinner, we were joined by up to five stray cats that would beg for food. One of them was really crazy, and it kept jumping up and batting at me! We did find a really nice place to buy sandwiches for lunch, though ...

... rug was selling for around 250€. Our non-stop tour then walked us through a typical Moroccan market where vendors aggressively tried to sell you shirts, bracelets, leather goods, souvenirs and anything else they could. They were quite persistent and would keep coming down on the price until you gave in. A Berber pharmacy was our final stop where an herbalist showed us some natural herb products they sell and what they are supposed to be good for. It was ...

... a fork to send the cap flying in a random direction, sometimes into his competitors' stalls. After dinner, as full darkess sets, the square fills up with musicians, storytellers, and other entertainers. Each group (and the food stalls too) has its own gas-powered lights. Since the square itself doesn't have much lightening, the effect is that there are numerous lights scattered around, each surrounded by a circle of onlookers. The strangest one might be the ...

... get commission off what we buy. The prices were still fairly

low, well, lower than what would be in the states--but you had to

haggle.... Oh the things I wanted to buy!!! Just my style, but I

couldnīt fit, nor afford most of it, so I settled for the smaller

things. I meant to go there to get some random gifts to bring home for

friends....sorry didnīt happen. All for me! :D.....


Tangier, Morocco missyjoymel