Rise and shine! Up at the crack of dawn to head north and into a new continent. By 8am we had offloaded our luggage and indulged in our final true Moroccan style tea. About an hour later we headed off into the misty morning to enjoy a 3 hour bus ride North. At our half way mark we met a fellow Aussie traveller from Cairns. A recent doctor graduate, filling in his last month of freedom roaming Morocco before his life of real work begins. Pia and Ben used to wander the same haunts so they had a good chat reminiscing over the better things in Aussieland. At Tangier we said our farewells to Ben and headed to the port to enjoy a ferry ride over to Spain.
Tickets purchased : check
Luggage scanned: check
Immigration: check
All aboard: check
Next: waiting 2 hours for the ferry to fill up with passengers. In the interim I did what I do best on this trip - sleep. Pia was left to entertain herself and enjoy the soothing docile accents of the tour group that sat next to us. Once the engines started we were just a mere 35 minutes from the next continent we were set to travel into the new year. Whilst waiting for our bus connection in Tarifca to Arefciras we saw a group of 4WDs drive onto the ferry to participate on the Desert Dakar Rally. As fresh as they looked now, that certainly wouldn't be the case in the few weeks to come. Wishing them all a safe journey!
Within a couple of hours we were on another bus outta Algerciras to Sevilla - as slumber set in the next 3 hours went by in states of semi and unconsciousness. By 11 pm we rolled into Sevillas smaller bus station, to be greeted by many locals waiting for connecting buses to who knows where. In no desire to go hunting for bargain priced accommodation, we chose the closest place to crash to us. Hotel Alcazar - certainly a set up far fancier than Morocco and surprisingly around the same price as a twin share in a decent hostel in Europe. It wasn't long before the 13 hours of traveling took its toll and both Pia and I succumbed to the land of nod.
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