Africa Here We Come Part Two

Thursday 27th August 2009
Day 61

I can highly recommend a little hop over the Med to Morocco from Spain. OK, we were using the trip to spend a couple of weeks travelling around Morocco but it was an absolute doddle switching continents.

We were definitely not going to miss the ferry today and get to the port in time for the 9am (they run every two hours and take 35 minutes). The ferry ride was quick and painless and on the other side you are off the ferry and in Tangier before you can say Mustapha Hadji.

There are the hassles yhou come to expect with people wanting to be your tour guide, give you a taxi ride or sell you hashish but for us we were out of he port, found an ATM, found the coach terminal to book our onward journey to Chefchaouen which freed up three hours to stroll around Tangier.

Alternatives to our route would be a grand taxi which would cost a little more. There is also a nidday train that would take you to Fes. I would even consider driving if you are coming across from Spain. However, we found ourselves on a nice coach on a nice road after taking in the sites of Tangier which was extremely interesting and had a buzz about the place with cast and crew from a Universal Studios flick absolutely everwhere.

Chefchaouen is three hours south and is extrememy pîcturesque perched on the side of a mountain. The stroll into town from the bus station was an error as it was scorching. We then had problems finding accomodation. Well I did. Twice walking into the Medina, getting seriously lost and coming out a flustered, sweaty mess with nothing to show for my efforts. Needless to say it took Layla about 2 minutes and 30 seconds to find somewhere suitable when I was left with the bags.

After a shower and a relax we took a stroll around the Medina before finding a nice restaurant up in the stars where you could look down over the town.