Archive for September, 2007
Wednesday, September 12th, 2007
Time to come home?
So I’ve been at this for a little over a week. I’m feeling run down (even with the rest in Gibraltar) and if one more person tries to rip me off I’m going to hit the roof. I think that’s my point actually… I’m not sure I can do this on my own.
Today I hit [...]
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Wednesday, September 12th, 2007
Into Morocco, beyond the tourist traps
Riding out of Tetouan towards Chefchauouen I was struck by how poor this country actually is. Lots of people liing on the outscirts of the city, living much as they must have done in the middle ages. Donkeys, carts and what cars and vans there were, were being thrashed within an inch of their lives; [...]
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Wednesday, September 12th, 2007
Making for the border…
So I’ve decided to head for home. It’s not that I don’t like Morocco (although to be fair I’ve only seen a very tainted part of it) it’s a combination of things. Right at the top of that list is spending 14 days in my own company. It’s what some may call, madness; or at [...]
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Tuesday, September 11th, 2007
Where is Matt?
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Tuesday, September 11th, 2007
Made it!
I’n here, typing on a rather odd keyboard but here all the same.
I was taken for a ride when I got here by a guide’ who escorted me to an expensive hotel (he must have miss understood what I meqnt by cheap, followed by an excersion to a ’school’ which turned out to be a ‘carpet [...]
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Monday, September 10th, 2007
National Day
Here in good old GB it’s National Day - I’d say it’s a riot of colour, but actually it’s a riot of red and white - everywhere. You can’t turn around without seeing the colours balzened over people, shops, animals and even the drinks. The Gibraltarians take this very seriously!
I’ve spent most of the day [...]
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Sunday, September 9th, 2007
Doing the tourist thing.
Having decided to stay around in Gibraltar to see in (and out) the National Day, I found myself at a loose end, wondering what to do and where to go. Do I hit the streets and explore the whole Island, leaving nothing for Catherine and me to see together? Or should I simply sit in [...]
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Saturday, September 8th, 2007
Photos… I’m telling you there are photos!
http://flickr.com/photos/journeytomorocco/
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Saturday, September 8th, 2007
Hotels are for wimps…
… and me.
Last night I gave in and crashed at a hotel. It was a bargin at $25 but dear me I wish I hadn’t. Amazingly it was the worst nights sleep I’ve had so far, even with air-con a comfortable bed and clean sheets. I’m obviously getting far to used to my sleeping mat! [...]
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Saturday, September 8th, 2007
The Pyrenees and beyond
Well, who’d have guess it? As I left the small town half way up the Pyranees on the French side and headed up to a giddy height before blasting down into Spain, a euphoria grabbed me.
The countryside around me was amazing… I’m not using that world lightly. It blew me away. The mountains around me [...]
