We start our Tour of Duty on the 18 August 2004. Our first destination was Morocco. We flew in to Malaga, Spain where we spend 1 night then the next day, we train down to Algeciras. From there we ferry across to Tangier, Morocco. One point to note that the Moroccan are not very good with time - we have experienced delayed on ferry and on train. Ferry alone was a good experience as we literally are on a cruise ship. The first thing that stuck us when we arrived at Tangier was the scorching heat. Being close to the the Sahara dessert, the constant winds brings along the dry and hot weather. We could also see sands blowing everywhere. And the road are just madness, very much like those Asian countries. We walked to the Medina to
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