April 7, 2023
A new day a new City. Today we are in Tangier, where the Atlantic ocean and the Mediterranean meet. It is also our last stop in Africa. Tangier’s metro area is home to 1.3 million people. It is a large port City and it is also a regular stop for cruise ships. Also known as an area where spy’s used to hang out during the cold war.
For today, we had a City tour on the program. First thing the bus took us for a ride all over the newer part of town, ending up on the outside of the City near the beach. No, we didn’t get of the bus but it did a 180 and headed back the same way. Passing by a group of Camels on the side of the road. The camels looked very comfortable munching on hay or bamboo grass. Continuing up the hill we stopped at the point where the Atlantic and Mediterranean meet. You could definitely see a difference in the color of the water. Back on the bus we continued on to a stop at the Kasbah. (Old Fort) Being at the Kasbah, it was also the entrance into the Medina. The Medina is a maze of very narrow streets with small stores selling live’s essentials like produce, meats,fish and baking. We wandered through the maze of streets, stressing out our guide, because the people with cane’s had a hard time getting up the stairs and walking on the uneven cobble stone streets. We ensembled at an hotel for a complimentary drink, luke warm Moroccan tea and a cookie. After the tea break we boarded the bus, then our guide realised we were one person short. After looking for him for ten minutes, he decided to leave the person behind, because he or she didn’t show up on time. We rode the bus back to the boat. Later that afternoon we saw lthe missing person. He told us he got lost in the maze of streets, but he could see the boat, so he knew how to get back there.It was an early night tonight as we were setting our clocks forward by two hours and saying goodbye to Africa.
Cheers
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