http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Morocco/Tangier-T-touan/Tangier/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Africa , Morocco , Tangier-Tétouan , Tangier en-us Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:02:14 +0000 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:02:14 +0000 Nothing like getting up at 5 AM. Normally you'd have to drag me out of bed at that hour but not yesterday. Ok I didn't jump right out of bed but I got up without fighting much. Now what would get us up that crazy early AFRICA We took a bus down to Tarifa. Beautiful drive our guide gave us lots of ins http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Morocco/Tangier-T-touan/Tangier/blog-458145.html We traveled by train to Tangier from Rabat. We all were a little let down by Tangier. It is very busy and you are hassled quite a bit. We all ventured out together to explore the Medina and search out the Kasbah. We were asked by nearly everyone we saw if we needed a guide. Everyone claims to be a guide and of course they all know their way around the Kasbah. We decided we could handle it on our http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Morocco/Tangier-T-touan/Tangier/blog-443571.html On Saturday I woke up excited thinking it was possible to go from Seville to Algeciras to Tangier and back in a day. Umm...so it didn't exactly happen that way hence the late blog post. I left Seville at 900 am got to Algeciras at 400 pm boarded a ferry to Tangier at 430 pm and arrived in Tangier at 600 pm one hour behind Seville. While exiting the ferry I found that I failed to listen t http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Morocco/Tangier-T-touan/Tangier/blog-428760.html This town didn't leave much of an impression on me but it was a good intro to Morocco. http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Morocco/Tangier-T-touan/Tangier/blog-412800.html first off im using an arabic keyboqrd so bear with meI dont knoa where to stqrt i meqn i knew we were in for an unforgettable trip the moment we got on the trqin to the port algercias qnd they plqyed indiana jones for the movie lol. In algercias we were hussled into q shady ticket plqce to buy our ferry ticket no one spoke english but it seemed thqt they reqlly wantetd us to harbour a couple old http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Morocco/Tangier-T-touan/Tangier/blog-410813.html Day 11 I am staying in the town of Arroyo De La Miel Spain http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Morocco/Tangier-T-touan/Tangier/blog-373967.html To begin with...I know you will all love this. I calculated the time wrong as to when I had to get up. I got up WAY too early. I had a taxi coming at 445 to take me to a bus stop where I was being picked up for a day trip to Morocco. I got to the bus stop and met two nice guys from England. We definately hit it off and spent the day together. The bus went around picking up people and then we were http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Morocco/Tangier-T-touan/Tangier/blog-357649.html Alive and well in Tangier. We got in about 430 this afternoon. Interesting place makes the winding streets of Spain look positively organized. I'd heard bad things about Tangier from a few people but I like it well enough. A little aggressive in terms of people trying to sell you things or give you tour guide services you don't want but still pretty okay really.Tree and I met up with a co http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Morocco/Tangier-T-touan/Tangier/blog-342720.html While on a nice trip to the Costa del Sol in SpainMarbella Puerto Banus we decided to take a day trip over to Tangiers Morocco on the high speed catamaran from Tarifa Spain. The city of Tangiers is about 700000 and sits on the north coast of Africa near the Strait of Gibraltar. The native populations are called Berbers. They are identified with their long robe like clothing with soft ver http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Morocco/Tangier-T-touan/Tangier/blog-336580.html I have heard a lot about Morrocco and it was definately high on the list of places to go while studying abroad However Salome's dad made me a little hesitant because it can be dangerous and I thought I would only go if it were with a group of friends including at least one guy. BUT I ended up going just my roommate and I no regretsMorrocco Northern Africa is over 98 Muslim and I decided b http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Morocco/Tangier-T-touan/Tangier/blog-336578.html Sorry yes I am still alive just in an area where its reasonably difficult to access the internet on a regular basis but I got Sophies presume it was Soph sounded like her rather alarmed text the other day and realised that its actually been a while since I checked in and let you guys know that Im safe so I thought I would just you know do that.Um.Im safe.There. http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Morocco/Tangier-T-touan/Tangier/blog-321783.html At the crossroads of Europe and Africa and of the Atlantic and the Mediterranean Tangier opens the door to Morocco. There is still an air of mystery about the city going back to the time when Tangier was an international zone. Board the coach for a scenic drive along the coast to Cap Spartel. Stop to visit the legendary Hercules Caves overlooking the sea. According to Greek mythology Hercule http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Morocco/Tangier-T-touan/Tangier/blog-316632.html Parties de Meknes 10h nous sommes arrives Tanger 6h plus tard. On a enfin trouve notre Pension Palace qui n'a rien d'un palace aprs une longue cte et 50 kg de bagages trainer Le lundi matin nous avons reu la visite surprise d'Amine venu nous rapporter des vtements oublis Meknes Et oui on a trouv une perle rareVisite de la mdina du souk et de la ville nouvelle http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Morocco/Tangier-T-touan/Tangier/blog-312505.html ello since touching down in the costa del slags almeria with the rest of essexs geezers and birds ive made my way down the spainish coast on the slowest buses ever. along the way ive met a swede and a show off.Spain seemed alright but the welcome to tangier was one of lapping the city in a fiat uno uno fast car. having this italian sports car as my carridge i expected to be at my first nig http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Morocco/Tangier-T-touan/Tangier/blog-307574.html el viaje a tanger movidito para variar. los treinta minutos en catamaran desde tarifa fueron 3 horas con nenes correteando por el barco buena introduccion para el sur.una vez alli lo de siempre veinte ninos detras para llevarte a la kasbah tios llevandote a su hotel conversaciones tipoquieres hachis no alcohol no mujeres no hombres no coca no cono ricista ricistavistas del estre http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Morocco/Tangier-T-touan/Tangier/blog-294330.html When I went to the bus station in Meknes to see if I could get a grand taxi or a bus to Chefchouen I found that there arent any direct taxis plus the only bus is at 5am. I didnt feel like waiting another twenty hours for the next bus so I took the first bus that was heading north. It would take me to Tangier and I figured when I got to Tangier I could stay if I liked it or see if I could get http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Morocco/Tangier-T-touan/Tangier/blog-293904.html I didnrsquot sleep all that well the night before my trek to Morocco. Was worried that I wouldnrsquot wake up in time to catch the bus. Got to the San Sebastian bus station with plenty of time to spare. The woman selling tickets spoke perfectly good English and was there to serve customers. No future for her me thinks. She said I needed to remember twenty but when it came down to it that numbe http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Morocco/Tangier-T-touan/Tangier/blog-286871.html I have discovered that waking up at 6 AM is always a mistake. The idea originally suggested by Abdullah of Auberge de Jeunesse was to catch the 650 train to Tangier so that we could arrive by midday. This turned out to be foolish as even though we managed to catch the train we were so exhausted by the time we reached Tangier that after finding a hotel the Promenade Palace we turned in unti http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Morocco/Tangier-T-touan/Tangier/blog-253812.html Ever since I heard the haunting lyrics and music of Donovan's song Tangier I have wanted to go there and now here I was I had been thinking about going to Morocco for a while as I had been already to Turkey and Egypt and I had enjoyed them both. I really enjoyed going to Muslim countries and talking with people of that faith coming to a better understanding of them and hopefully helpin http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Morocco/Tangier-T-touan/Tangier/blog-252731.html Tangier .... what can one say There is a tout on every corner and a taxi stopping to offer his services on every block. Tangier is much larger than we thought and the initial impressions were not that good. We arrived to find that the Hostel had closed and turned into a Snack Bar which is fine I guess if you are hungry. So we ended up down the road at Hotel Charf. Don't know what Charf http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Morocco/Tangier-T-touan/Tangier/blog-244503.html