Last Tuesday we were in Gibraltar and went to the casino that night so DC could try and beat up the locals, No luck. While there we met a Dutch guy that had been born in Tangier. He said that it was Another World over there, he was right.
We sailed for Morocco Wednesday and arrived about 1pm. The taxi drivers decent on you as soon as you leave the boat. Everyone is wearing an outfit that looks like what Obie Wan Kenobie wore in Star Wars, its a little different. We made it to the Ramada no problem.
On the boat I asked DC how long it would take before he saw his first camel. He muttered never. By the time we had arrived at the hotel he had seen three.
This place has great beaches, lined with little beach bars, overall its dirty and backward, exactly what you would expect. They have Heinicken in 10 oz bottles and the price is right. After walking part of the town we returned to the Ramada bar for some local entertainment and early bed for our 6am flight.
Tangier Airport at 6am
This is a busy little place early in the am. Only 2 737´s but it appears that everyone is comming out of the woodwork and its very confusing. Onward to Cassablanca and our connection to Marrakesh, RAM does a nice job and we arrive RAK at about 10 am.
Most of the taxi´s are Mercedes, and cab fares are cheep. This place is out of this world! there are horse´s and carts, donkey and carts and about a million mopeds. The weather is like Arizona, beer cold, cheep and you have the benefit of having snake charmers and every kind of hustler you can think of. Our kind of place.
We returned to Cassablanca on Sunday early. The place is kind of a dump (understatement), however it has its own special charm. Lots of palm trees, public squares and real dumpy French style cafe´s. A great place to drink $1.50 beer and get a suntan.
We lucked into a great English speaking taxi driver that gave us a full tour of the city and took us to Anfa airport so I could see some old planes. When we got there the place was surrounded by a Midway style fence and you could not see anything. Amhed just happened to find one of his kissing cousins on the street, that happened to work for RAM. This guy told us how to get in and I walked the ramp photographing 727´s, 737´s, Caravell´s, the Lockheed Connestalation and 2 King Air´s.
We left Casa early yesterday on a Beechcraft 1900 and sailed back from Tangier to spend the night in Algecarias.
Today we got a Avis car and returned to Gibralter to do the tourist thing. Drove all over the island looking at caves, cannons and monkeys. At 3pm we left to go inland, destination the village of Ronda, where I am writing this story. So now that we are back in the real world I will keep you all updated.
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