Gibraltar is an astonishing place - a big rock in the middle of the sea emerging out of nowhere. However, during my stay there I didn't go up the rock and the city is not very interesting, there are many shops, but nothing really worth visiting. I was pleased to see that most signs were in English. My host lived in the Governor's street, opposite of the London bar. I had to go up the hill and pull my suitcase, I am not a real backpacker because I find it more convenient to travel with a suitcase, although it is not suitable in all surroundings. My host was an alternative guy, he had dreadlocks and smoked weed and hashish. The house was furnished in an exotic style, I would say a mixture of African and South American. My host was originally from Colombia. I arrived in Gibraltar on Thursday 15th November, my host told me he would be going for a party on Saturday to Cadiz and come back on Sunday, but I could have stayed there as long as I wanted. However, I came to Gibraltar mainly to look for a job there and as I didn't hear from the personal agency I decided that it would be better to go to Morocco as soon as possible. I stayed at home on Thursday, the weather was cloudy and around 18°C. My host prepared lasagna with 4 different kinds of cheese and a bechamel sauce, it was delicious. He hosted also a Belgian guy Simon whose goal was to travel and live without money, he travelled Europe by hitch-hiking and practiced dumpster diving, most of the food he ate came from the garbage of supermarkets. He hoped to be hired on a cruise boat to South America but he hasn't been lucky yet. On Friday he prepared pizza for us and then we went for a walk to the port and visited his friends on a boat.
I had to get up around 9am on Saturday and go to La Linea to take the bus to Tarifa. When I arrived there it was 12:30 and the ferry to Tangier was leaving at 13:00. It was rainy, I had to run to the port and pull my suitcase, I made it on time but when I got there I was looking so wild and frantic that even the ticket seller had to calm me down that there was enough time left.
The journey by ferry took around 45 minutes and the ticket costed 34 Eur, but I had to wait for my host in the port in Tangier where I was a source of attention of taxi drivers and tour guides, I spoke with one of them in French and we waited until my host arrived. Then we went to drink some mint tea and in the evening we had dinner in a sea food restaurant. The following day we went to a market which was a bad idea because it was very muddy. Then we went to the cafe Hafa with a nice view on the Spanish coast.
I took a train on Monday to Fez where I arrived in the afternoon. My host picked me up at the train station and we went to his home and then to his work. His mother stayed with us and she cooked 3 times per day, in the morning she baked a Moroccan bread for me and then we ate either rice or couscous with sheep. I like sheep but it was difficult for me to eat it so often. My host used to go to work by motorbike, there was usually a dog sleeping on the sheet so each time when he took the motorbike he woke the dog up, but she just looked at us peacefully and then continued to sleep somewhere else.
The following day I met a couchsurfer with his friend and we visited the city. I didn't like Fez much because it is was dirty and crowded but the weather was good, around 22°C. We walked in medina and had a drink and cake in a cafe. I left to Meknes on Wednesday afternoon. Meknes was, in contrast to Fez, much better city, more neat and clean. My host showed me the city on Thursday, the weather was wonderful, sunny and warm, maybe even warmer than Fez. My host had to go to work so I walked alone to the Lahdim square, I saw many restaurants there offering tajine from 50 to 70 dirhams, but I decided that it was too expensive and went to medina nearby where I found chicken tajine for 15 dirhams. It was tasty and I shared it with a cat because it was too much food for me. In the evening I met my host and we walked around the city, then we took a taxi to his home and we played the card game called 'kdoub' with his flatmates.
I left Meknes on Friday 23rd November. One of the flatmates of my host accompanied me to the train station and I took a train to Rabat where I stayed 5 days. My host lived in Sale which is a neighbor city of Rabat. We had a great time visiting the city with his friends, going to Kasbah and medina and playing pool. However, the day before going to Essaouira I became sick because I ate too much food on the street and drank a lot of Moroccan tea, sugar cane and avocado juice, but I had to leave Rabat on 28th because I had already bought a bus ticket.
The journey by ferry took around 45 minutes and the ticket costed 34 Eur, but I had to wait for my host in the port in Tangier where I was a source of attention of taxi drivers and tour guides, I spoke with one of them in French and we waited until my host arrived. Then we went to drink some mint tea and in the evening we had dinner in a sea food restaurant. The following day we went to a market which was a bad idea because it was very muddy. Then we went to the cafe Hafa with a nice view on the Spanish coast.
I took a train on Monday to Fez where I arrived in the afternoon. My host picked me up at the train station and we went to his home and then to his work. His mother stayed with us and she cooked 3 times per day, in the morning she baked a Moroccan bread for me and then we ate either rice or couscous with sheep. I like sheep but it was difficult for me to eat it so often. My host used to go to work by motorbike, there was usually a dog sleeping on the sheet so each time when he took the motorbike he woke the dog up, but she just looked at us peacefully and then continued to sleep somewhere else.
The following day I met a couchsurfer with his friend and we visited the city. I didn't like Fez much because it is was dirty and crowded but the weather was good, around 22°C. We walked in medina and had a drink and cake in a cafe. I left to Meknes on Wednesday afternoon. Meknes was, in contrast to Fez, much better city, more neat and clean. My host showed me the city on Thursday, the weather was wonderful, sunny and warm, maybe even warmer than Fez. My host had to go to work so I walked alone to the Lahdim square, I saw many restaurants there offering tajine from 50 to 70 dirhams, but I decided that it was too expensive and went to medina nearby where I found chicken tajine for 15 dirhams. It was tasty and I shared it with a cat because it was too much food for me. In the evening I met my host and we walked around the city, then we took a taxi to his home and we played the card game called 'kdoub' with his flatmates.
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