Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Tangier to chefchauen

I met Ed, Jess and Phil at the bus stop in Tangier and we decided to team up in Chefchauen. The bus ride was uneventful. Four hours with a beautiful view of the country side, Morocco seems pretty arid down low, but once we started to get up in altitude there was a ton of farming. Much more greenery that I expected but I think about 50% of the economy is based on agriculture so this starts to make sense.

Got to chefchauen, after the grueling 15 min hike up the hillside with my 25kilo bag we got to the hotel dropped out stuff off and grabbed something to eat in the town square. Food was great and cheap and then we set out to see the town. About 3 hours later we were all still lost and had to pay a 5 yr old 5DH to lead us back to the main square. I should have paid him more, that was the best 5DH I have spent in Morocco. We were so frigging lost in the Medina. Chefchauen is a really cool little town with these amazing colors, they have this really deep blue that they paint on all the walls and when the light is right the whole town kinda glows with crazy blue/neon energy.






Sunset from out rooftop, Jess, Ed, and Phil

Also it is really cold at night, I think I was seeing my breath when we went to bed, thank got I was lugging around the north face parka.

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