Morroco

Well we went the route of Tarifa to Tangers as it was reconed to be easier on customs.  Whilst waiting to load we met one of the Timbuktu teams with a car that looked like it had no kit in.

 

We set ourselves up on the boat and started to sort out customs forms as well as swap mp3s.  The Chrester Hawlers and Galway to Gambia checked their sat phones and we settled in for the crossing.  Wrong Way Down got to the food counter early and had Crossants but by the time we got our backsides in gear they had sold out :( We did however all get out passports stamped on the boat and hoped for an easy entry into Morrocco.

 

We moored up but didnt move very far for ages, very much hoot your horn and drive just to get off the ferry! The walkie talkies were distributed and we were picking up alot of port chatter. Wrong Way Down started ordering doughnuts and discussing fish to see what happened.

 

Customs took us about an hour and Chester Hawlers and Galway to Gambia cleared pretty quickly. We were doing well till they lost our forms and then decided what to do with us.  When WWD were told to move forward they ended up nearly making a break for freedom on the wrong side of the road and too muchos whislte blowing. I think this made the customs feel we should definately wait for a bit longer.  Colin and Simon when off to the Police area with a friendly smiling guide (smiling abit like a shark that has seen dinner). Paul and Chris were discussing over the radio if the man with the rubber gloves and KY was in their near future.

 

Colin must have a face that says please try to sell me toot / moody gold / pay a fine for something I have just thought up. Whilst amusing we havent even got out of the dock compond!! After about an hour we clear, which is good as we were expecting it to take upto 4 hours. Total cost to us 4 euros whoop whoop.

 

So on the open road again we blatted through tangiers playing disco hits at a LOUD volume. Mwah Mwah Mwa Mwah el Starsky and hutch and loving it. Whats wrong with a bit of "Car Wash"????

 

Driving in built up areas here is just a case of who has the biggest Kahoonas. Great when Chris forgets to look to the left on roundabouts and is too busy bouncing up and down in his seat singing (badly). We left Tangiers behind us and started the run to the campsite at Sale (Rabat) with the sounds of "Ice, Ice Baby!".

 

For lunch we pulled of the main road and went into a village which was cracking. Especially when Chris wasnt paying attention and tried to order everything that wasnt on the lunch menu, finally settling on an omlette. The view was great and WWD wanted to run their Audi over the beech but were eventually diswaded.  However we have seen the vehicle we would use next time a Tuk Tuk. How cool would that be??? 4000 miles in one of those. Dean recons it would take about a litre of fuel to do the lot which seams a good idea.