Tanger, Morocco (Africa)

Where to begin with Morocco... It was an awesome experience. I went with my friends Heather, Katie, and Steve and we all had a blast. It was supposed to be raining the whole weekend and we lucked out because we had awesome weather the first 2 days and then the 3rd day was not that great. The hotel we stayed at was about a 15 min walk to the beach and about 15 min walk to whats called the Medina, or where all the little markets are. The first day we just wondered around and since Heather and Katie were the only 2 blonds in all of Tanger we were getting all sorts of comments. We thought it was smarter to just keep walking instead of talking back. We only had one person that was a kinda of hostile, the others just made remarks. We ended up on this cliff that overlooked the port of Tanger and we could see across the straight of Gibraltar to Spain. It was a sweet overlook. The next day we hired a cab to take us to a place called Grotto Hercule and its a cave on the Atlantic Ocean that was naturally shaped in the form of Africa. It was a really cool drive to the cave through the mountains and at the top it overlooked Tanger. The next day we went to a town about 2 and a half hours away called Chefchaquen and its a town that is right at the base of the Riff Mountains. It was a very cool little town. While we were on the mountainside overlooking the town it started to rain and by the time we walked back to the town center it was pouring. There were legitimate rivers flowing in the streets within 5 mins of this downpour. We were all soaked from head to toe. The whole time we ate at these 2 different restaurants because they were so cheap and we could get whole pizzas. We did eat some authentic food like kebabs and in the morning at the hotel they had what i think was authentic food. The 4 of us just hung out at night in the hotel cause we didnt feel like wondering the streets other than to the store and restaurant. Morocco was definitely an experience of a lifetime.