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The smells of Tangier
... left us, based purely on where the ferry docks were located and the fact that nobody else seemed to be doing it. We readjusted our stickers to increase their visibility and waited. Then the guide came along and started herding the group - literal herding, not figurative. Herding is something that crosses cultural and lingual boundaries. Happily, like cattle, we followed the group and that set the tone for the day. Our guide turned out to be brilliant at ...
'Play it again, Sam!'
... dept there. Unfortunately, all the bus companies were saying that they had no seats for any buses left that day, as everyone had booked them, ready to go visiting families for the 'festive'. I just left the bag and went into the town, thinking that if the worst happened, I could find digs overnight here and manage with the overnight day-bag that I was carrying.
The historic gateway to Africa was very true here. As it's so close to Spain; Morocco ...
The fun was Tangerble...a ha ha
... is also less intimidating than Marrakech. We walked around for some time, stopping for lunch in an incredibly cheap little medina restaurant. These are perhaps not for the feint of heart; hygiene is reasonable, but not perfect. The food is good though. Mains are usually around 30DH, or 3 Euro.
Just before lunch, we went into the Kasbah. Most towns have a Kasbah in Morocco. It means fort, though today they are usually just another part of town rather than a walled ...
Marruecos Part 1
... wa aleikum”). Finally, at about 10 p.m. we arrived at the hotel! We checked into our rooms then headed down to the restaurant for dinner where we were served soup, fish, and fruit for dessert. It really was not very different from a typical Spanish meal. We made sure to grab water bottles with our meal as they warned us against drinking the water at all during the weekend. I even had my first taste of Moroccan Fanta, which wasn’t really very different from American ...
Finally went to Africa!
... Then we did the first SUPER touristy thing. We watched a snake charmer. Woo. Then of course took pictures with the snake around our necks. Next we went on some more walks, through streets, and markets. The wheel chair people slowed us down, but not much. The grandma would get out of the chair and go up stuff the chair had a hard time going up (she was very mobile out of the chair, not sure why she needed it), and the boys brother and ...


