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Vez de Tangier, pertinho da Espanha
Published: April 30th 2012Africa » Morocco » Tangier-Tétouan » Tangier
April 26th 2012
No onibus a caminho de Tangier, sentei do lado de um homem que falava Ingles. Achei bem legal, pois tinha que telefonar para meu host em Tangier que nao fala Ingles. Pedi para ele ligar para ele e falar que estava indo. Nao conseguiu ligacao. Deve ter visto na minha cara que estava fudida. Se ofereceu para descer do onibus comigo e achar um hotel barato. Achamos um hotel por EUR15 e fiquei ali mesmo. Ele prometeu de vir mais tarde para caminhar comigo, mas acabou ligando e dizendo que nao podia. Na verdade adorei, pois queria dormir cedo, pois estava cansada, viajar cansa... hehehehehe Sai para comer um sanduiche perto do hotel mesmo. Mas nao dah para sair sozinha, os homens todos falam com voce na rua. Eles veem as bandeiras do Brasil, NZ e ... read more
April 13th 2012
Just arrived in Tangier (came from Tarifa). We found internet cafe here, but the computer is incredibly slow, so I don't think I'll manage to write the entire blog here. And I don't get the french keyboard here (yes I managed to change the language. no, it didn't help much). Anyway, I'll continue the entry at our hotel back in Spain this evening. See you.... read more
April 13th 2012
April 13, 2012- Our wake up call was very early today and our tour guide picked us up at 6:10 am and we were off on our way to AFRICA! We booked a one day guided tour to Tangiers, Morocco. It was still dark outside and we made many stops on our way down the coast to pickup others that were going on the tour. We dozed on and off while enjoying the views of the Spanish and African Coast. Our ferry left from Tarifa, Spain and we had an hour ride on a hydrofoil ferry. The immigration process was smooth and we quickly found a seat on the crowded ferry. Rick Steve's gave us an idea that even thought we traveled 8 hours to Spain, we would see the biggest cultural difference as soon as ... read more
March 6th 2012
Motorhome News from Europe 49 6th March 2012 Return from Morocco: Tangier Med, Algeciras, Laguna de Fuente de Piedra, El Torcal, Nerja Caverns, Alpujarras, Cabo de Gata ‘Life begins at Seventy’ OK. Hands up. It's time to put it on the line. At 76, going on 60, I'm looking back on a mis-spent youth and a quadruple heart by-pass. That's how it was and that’s how it is. There’s no turning back, so let’s make the most of what’s left and live the joy of travel. I guess I'm not your average blogger. I seem to remember I did my last days work when I was 69 and self employed ... read more
August 26th 2011
Fri 26-Aug-2011 Travelling Seville – Gibralter - Morocco It was a 6:30 wake up for an 8:00 departure on what would be a busy 26 hour day visiting 3 contries The am was spent travelling the beautiful country side of this southern part of Spain with enormous wind turbines by the hundreds including a regulation stop after 2 hours at a quaint 'Truck stop' A further hour took us to the border of the British territory (since 1704)of Gibralter. A huge rock fortress at the mouth of the Mediterranean sea A fascinating guided tour of the 'rock' with non stop humorous Pepe including St. Michael's Cave (who would have expected a cave of this size high up in the centre of the rock) & the Barbary Apes (local monkeys that have made this place home) Then ... read more
June 6th 2011
We had a free weekend this past week, and so seven of us from the group decided to go to Tangiers for a short relaxed vacation from Meknes. Tangiers is the most international part of Morocco, with influences from many parts of Europe and Africa, and is a vacation destination for many Europeans. We arrived in Tangiers around five o'clock in the afternoon and went directly to our hotel. We stayed outside the city because most of our group was interested more in the pool and sun than the city itself. And the hotel proved to be a lovely break from the riad in Meknes. We spent Friday evening at the pool and then had small dinner at the hotel. Because we knew the hotel would be expensive we also brought Nutella and peanut butter among ... read more
April 22nd 2011
Tarifa or Algeciras? The reason why I still didn't know where I was going was because of the rather fragmented information I had gathered about ferries to Morocco the previous night. It seemed that there were more ferries going to Tangier from Algeciras than there were from Tarifa, however the ferries going from Algeciras were all in fact going to Tangier Med - a port 40km away from Tangier itself. If I wanted to go to Tangier itself, I would have to go from Tarifa. However, there were only two ferries going from Tarifa - one at 1500 and one at 1700. The next bus to Tarifa was leaving at 1330 which would only get me to Tarifa by 1545 and I knew from previous experience that you should allow yourself 45 minutes before departure to ... read more
April 7th 2011
Just a quick disclaimer. My laptop died a quick and hopefully painless death last night. Blue screen of death and nothing I can do. At least there is a hotel computer tonight, but not really holding my breath for the rest of the trip. Today was such a waste. I had arranged a taxi to meet me at the hotel at 6 so I could make my 7:30 ferry to Spain. True enough, he was there at 6, we were at the Port Med by 6:45, but the ferry office wasn't open. The weather had stopped ferries from going, or Life was just messing with me yet again. The ferry finally left at 10:30. Easy peasey. Was in Spain by 1:30, made it through passport control and headed off to find the car rental. Ok, so ... read more
April 5th 2011
I decided to take an earlier train to Tangier today. It was going to be a 5 to 6 hours trip: therefore, I wanted to get it out of the way and enjoy an afternoon in Tangier. I grabbed the quick breakfast that was included with the room, hopped in a Deathtrap (Petit Taxi and yes, this one fit the description to a T) and off we lurched to the train station. I splurged on a first class ticket so I could have some quiet in which to read. It was only 185 Dirhams (divide by 8 for an estimate what it was in American dollars.) The trip was smooth and rather uneventful. Several people came and went from my compartment, but it was a quiet ride. I was thrown for a loop though when I ... read more
