October 20 Tangier Morocco

Monday Oct 20 Tangier Morocco

We had arranged to meet Mohamed at a mosque outside the port at 9:00am. Little did I know we had to catch a shuttle bus to get there because cars weren’t allowed into the port. I tried to WhatsApp him, but as we were in Africa and I had a European service plan, it didn’t go through. Also on the ship there was no wifi
We caught the shuttle bus, leaving Peter to wait for Jim & Jacqueline, and found the mosque - but no Mohamed. A moment of panic - no cell service 😳😫. Fortunately Ouadie arrived shortly after saying he was there but his driver hadn’t shown up so he went to arrange another one. Now all was fine - and we headed off.
It was a fun tour - delighted it was only the 10 of us and a private car.
Had to do the touristy thing & ride camels - super fun, great photo ops.
Then we headed to the Kasbah for a tour of the old city he took us into a fabric shop and showed how they weaves cloth, then paused for a delish lunch complete with the traditional tea pouring ceremony. We headed into the souks after. I was a bit disappointed here as I was imagining the souks of Saudi - colourful, animated. He took us into a shop that sold oils, creams & spices and we got the “pitch.” I’ve had these before - not my things. Rose & Val bought some oils and Peter bought massage oil that’s supposed to ease pain - we’ll see

From here we wandered into the Jewish quarter then out to the sea to our ship. Peter, Rose & I wandered further looking for the fishing port - could see it but couldn’t get right down to it.
We walked back to the ship only to find John walking out. He’d left his backpack in the private van. The problem was how to contact Ouadie. I had his number but no cellular, but fortunately Peter’s Roger’s plan worked. He called Ouadie, who contacted the driver who was heading out of the city but returned shortly with the backpack. Happiness is
Had dinner in The Terrace, then watched Declan Zapala, a talented guitarist with fun banter between songs.Okumaya devam et