Blogs from Tangier-Tétouan, Morocco, Africa - page 21

During the summer 2007, this was with Asilah that I started my trip around Morocco...This is a GREAT alternative to Tangier when you get to the country by ferry! It's a really beautiful town, with blue and white tones, by the ocean, quiet, nice people,........ read more

21-27 May I left Marrakesh full of orange juice and started making my way back to northern Morocco in preparation for returning to Spain. My desination was the town of Chefchaouen in the Rif Mountains, and it proved to be a good choice. The town was big enough to accomodate all traveling needs but small enough to not feel overcrowded. The old part of town is off-limits to cars, so it was nice an quiet, and day hikes and treks in the nearby mountains were easy. Chefchaoen is about 550 years old and, like many out of the way mountain communities, historically had its own little peculiarities and quirks. In this particular instance, they didn't like people coming and poking their noses into the town's business. So much so that Christians were barred from the ... read more

Casa-Tangier-ChefchaouenTom Griffith I have heard Tangier described as many things - the 'Armpit of Morocco', 'Africa's Tijuana', 'a complete dump', 'a hole', and, perhaps more tactfully, 'where East meets West'. I had spoken to people who had been here, and was told crazy trales of people being stabbed, of marauding packs of stray dogs, of vice and sleaze. So I was kind of prepared for a real craphole of a city. In fact, Tangier is a bit of a dump, but it is also quite cool in a seedy, dodgy kind of way. It is definitely a port city - the place is full of sleaze-merchants of every description: drug-pushers, touts, prostitutes, drunks, lowlifes, and plenty of mad old blokes. On my way to a Tangier internet cafe, a wild-haired old loony stopped me and shouted, ... read more

Tarifa-Chaouen Nachdem ich also sechs Tage in Tarifa verbracht hatte gings voller Tatendrang auf die Faehre nach Tanger in Marokko, musst einfach mal wieder n bisschen rumkommen und um's vorneweg zu nehmen; es war einfach phaenomenal! In Tanger also zuerst mal von der Faehre gestiegen und wie man das so kennt wird man sofort von 100 Leuten bestuermt die alle irgendwie beim Tourismusbuero arbeiten und einem natuerlich voellig uneigennuetzig helfen wollen. Uh, vor dem hat's mir ja gegraut war gar nicht schlimm, zuerst immer eine Rauchen, die Lage peilen und mit Leuten sprechen (schon wieder franzmaennisch!), die offensichtlich nicht beim Tourismusministerium arbeiten (ca. 2% der Bevoelkerung) und der - eigentlich war's ja nur Einer - gab mir dann gute Tipps wie z.B. wo's guenstige Taxis gibt und ab was die kosten sollen also dann Geld gewechselt ... read more

Here are a few pictures from our time in Morocco.... read more