Reina Cristina Algeciras

... and involved the train being weighed at one point so that it could get over the mountains in the south. The attendent also brought us a single wrapped jelly bean half way through our 5 hour trip, which was very wierd and made us both laugh.<br><br>We had a really good tapas meal in Algeciras, which was also scorching hot, and sorted evrything out before our ferry ...

We are sitting on the ferry and it has only just hit us how hard this is going to be! All the truck drivers don't want to take us for insurance reasons and families have no room..eek! Despite this we are still positive although Jennie is grumpy because we are not letting her go to the shop!

... altezza. Pare che un tempo fosse usata come prigione e che durante la guerra civile vi si facessero precipitare giù i prigionieri vivi. Adesso è il richiamo turistico più noto. Forse la cittadina meriterebbe una visita più accurata, soprattutto il centro storico, ma preferiamo partire. Quindi, abbigliati come "Sottomarini da fogna" (la frase è di Fabio) ci allontaniamo lentamente da Ronda. Naturalmente ci aspetta subito una salita. Per ...

... naarmate we dichter bij Tarifa komen, neemt de wind in kracht toe. We krijgen de stroom nu ook eindelijk mee en halen nu ruim 7 knopen over de grond (ware snelheid). Het zou misschien verstandig zijn nu vast zeil te minderen, maar de schipper besluit dat het niet nodig is. Het is spannend en genieten tegelijk! Bij Tarifa neemt de wind inderdaad toe tot kracht 7 en bij vlagen zelfs kracht 8. Netjer heeft er geen problemen mee, we worden met 7 en soms zelfs tegen de 8 ...

... few times. As one particularly insistent guy follows us toward the border crossing, I completely lose my grip. "NOOOOOO!!!" Then a stream of obscenities that would have made a pirate blush came out of my mouth. I called him and all of the other touts standing around every name I could think of and basicly dared them to do any thing about it. I had hit my gypsy breaking point and this douche bag was catching it full force. The guards at the gate found this to be pretty ...

... the street. After a decent walk, we found a place and enjoyed our last Moroccan breakfast. Then we had to confirm our flight to Germany - after finding a place to call Germany - they said yep its fine and sounded as though we didn't really have to call after all... the buggers! Back to get our bags, we got a taxi to the port. A few touts raced up asking if we wanted fast boats, but after saying no we had a tout free walk into one of the ferry ticket offices where they ...

I made the mistake of arriving in Tangier too early for my train to Marrakesh at 11pm tonight. The station doesn't have a locker so I was forced to eithre walk around with my huge pack all day or find a cheap place to leave my bags. Walking around Tangier with a huge pack on was about the worst case scenario I could think of. The faux guides in this city feed off of the weak and believe me I would have been looking pretty pathetic lugging that thing around all afternoon. The port ...

... a reasonable meal and a long walk. This morning we explored the medina, including the kasbah and had a spicy pea-soup for breakfast. It's nice to be back with reasonable prices - about Australian or cheaper, perhaps a fifth of European prices. We are able to leave a bag at the pension we stayed in, which will make travelling easier. Now, off to Tetuan. Raymond's Travel Page