We bought the 55
euro tickets for the one-day tour to Tangier from an agency, but to tell the
truth, we could have also used the do-it-yourself formula. In fact, we could
have bought a ferry round trip ticket for € 32 and then visit the city center
on our own: of course, we would have probably ended up lost in the narrow and
crowded streets of Tangier, and also we would have certainly had some security
issues, but at least we would have been spared all the demonstrations of
carpets, essential oils, natural pharmacy etc. .... In the end, I wouldn’t know
what to go for, well, probably security.
However, before visiting
the city, we were put on a bus and taken to the suburbs to see a cave that has
an opening shaped like Africa, and that carries its own traditional story, which,
to tell you the truth, I didn’t even feel like hearing.
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| 2011 © Giovanna Puccia. All rights reserverd. Moroccan coast
near Tangier |
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| Me in Morocco |
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| 2011 © Giovanna Puccia. All rights reserved. Shaped cave Africa ORIGINAL |
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| 2011 © Giovanna Puccia. All rights reserved. Shaped cave Africa RETOUCHING |
The second stop of
our Moroccan tour was right in town. We reached the center all together, where
we briefly assist to a public speech made by a local leader, surrounded by his
group of supporters. In order to help us to not get lost, another Moroccan guy,
beside our official tourist guide, closed the group and made sure that nobody
got missing: of course, at the end of the day he would ask for a (lavish) tip
for his valuable help. Then we passed through a myriad of narrow streets, to end
up at the restaurant booked by the agency: a typical Moroccan place with a lot
of traditional musicians. There’s a waiter so weird that he looked like someone
who’s full of heroin… Our cous-cous based lunch, which I would say was very
good, was consumed fairly quickly. Then it was the turn of the exhibitions… and
that sucked! First, we stopped at the carpet exhibition with its attached shop,
then we moved to the exhibition of pseudo-natural products for the body, face,
hands, for the treatment of headache, toothache and just for the treatment of
everything. Our third and final stop (thank God, or I would have made a mess!)
was at a magnificent room with a panoramic terrace looking over the port of
Tangier and that was it!
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| Agitators and supporters |
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| 2011 © Giovanna Puccia. All rights reserved. Tangier's Square |
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2011 © Giovanna Puccia. All rights reserved. At the market
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When the boarding
time arrived, we had a moment of semi-panic mixed with hilarity: on the ticket
issued by the Moroccan transport, Sebastian’s last name was misspelled… but no
worries, nobody noticed the difference apart from us!
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