Morocco!

After Gibraltar and the monkey adventure, it was time to head to Africa and see Morocco. After checking out of our hotel, we headed to the Algeciras port to board our ferry....Now this ferry is HUGE. It fits cars and semi-trucks in its hull to take things back and forth.

As we started moving we saw Gibraltar behind us....Here is the sitting area that you sit in....

The ferry took about an hour and before I could finish my soda, I saw this mountain come into view with some Arabic writing on it..... I knew I had an experience ahead.

After we arrived, there were customs and some strangely dressed policemen....
We then had to catch a taxi to head into Tangiers. This port was very new and it is located 45 minutes from Tangiers city. So the taxi ride was long but scenic.....
Then we arrived at our hotel. After checking in I went for a walk and saw some areas by the hotel.....
Then we ventured out into the city as it started to get dark for dinner....

I had some local cuisine....Well not really that cuisine, but I found it amazing that even in Morocco that here was a McDonalds.
Here is what I had at dinner...Started off with olives and bread. Then this was my Moroccan salad
Then the main course which is a Moroccan dish that is a cooked egg in the middle surrounded by mini meatballs in a red sauce. It was good....I washed it down with my favorite drink, maybe you will recognize it????
Then it was back to the hotel. The next day we ventured out again to the bazaar to make some purchases but first we had a Moroccan breakfast.... The one word I can use to describe Tangiers though is Boring. There are lots of people walking around and there is the bustle of a big city but there really isn't much to do here....Here was the pharmacy. If you see they are represented by a green cross and a green moon.
I saw a lot of people just sitting around doing nothing. Also it was a shock for me seeing all the women wrapped up as they walked around.... However Morocco is a very liberal muslim country. Parts of it reminded me of mexico in the very poor areas and other parts reminded me of Europe..... They speak Arabic and French here in Morocco, and if it was not for my friend who speaks a little French, we would have been in trouble.

Here was a mosque...
Here is a building with the Moroccan flag flying....Here was the train station....Some stores with cool arabic signs....Even in Tangiers you have choices to make....
After making some purchases and bargaining in French, we headed back to the port. However first we had to think about tonight's dinner. So I had to haggle with this guy....
Well not really, but this is a shock to see while walking around. Once we got back to the port, e hopped on a ferry again and headed back to Algeciras Spain.... We got back in our car and headed north back towards Malaga and ended up in Puerto del Sol where we checked into our hotel for the night.