Morocco, Africa

 

As they always say, if you are in southern Spain you might as well swing down to Africa.  It’s only about a one hour boat ride from the southern tip of Spain to Tangiers, Morocco.  We hired a guide who came with a driver/bodyguard…bodyguard?  (He was 6’5” and assured us we would have no problems with him along).  Tangiers was once a city of thieves and beggers but now it has a more sophisticated presence and a western style of law.  However, it still has a King and Royal Family.  They took us to the most beautiful parts of the city first where the wealthiest families lived.  But, the most interesting parts of Tangiers to me were the intercity castle, the Casbah and the alleys of Succo. (More to follow on that tomorrow)