Border crossing

Are we in Africa...or Spain?

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March 17th 2007
It's a rare thing for a vacation to go all wrong, but sometimes it does. We'd been gearing ourselves up for weeks for our trip to Morocco. Katie was in town for a week and she thought, "Hey, when will I be this close again?" So we woke up super early and caught a bus to Algeciras, where we bought tickets for a ferry ride across the straight of Gibraltar. So far...no complaints. Our plan was ... read more

Africa » Morocco

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In 788, about a century after the Arab conquest of North Africa, successive Moorish dynasties began to rule in Morocco. In the 16th century, the Sa'adi monarchy, particularly under Ahmad AL-MANSUR (1578-1603), repelled foreign invaders and inaugurate... ... read more