Tanger

Well, not dead, happily. I had the full intention of staying up most of the night to work and collect hostel information and stuff before heading to Casa, but then the power went out at the uni. So i went home and had some oatmeal and figured I’d take a little nap before going over to the bureau which has generators.

Well, apparently the operation of my telephone’s alarm was too complex for me because I didn’t wake up until my normal alarm at 7:30. This is a bit troubling since I was planning on being at the airport at 7:00.

I got a call yesterday telling me that my flight on Air Moroc was canceled and I would be flying Air Mauritania. Turns out Air Moroc is on strike. Well, he said the flight was now at 8 and I said fine, then at the end he made it sound like check-in was at 8, but attempting to verify this in French caused communication to break down.

So, as I am getting ready to go I am doing so knowing full well my plane has about a 50/50 chance of being in the air before I get there. This distresses me since I figure it’ll be hard enough to make it to Paris in 5 days and there’s no way I’ll do it in 3.

As you may have guessed though everything worked out. I made it to Casablanca where I was told I could go ahead and but my ticket all the way to Tanger (Tangiers) for 150dh (15euro), so 8 hours later I was in Tanger and I leave on a boat for S?te, France tomorrow night. (26 hours, 805dh)

So far it is really cool. My habit of talking to any random person who comes up to me is costing me a bit. So far I’ve given 40dh to street people and spent 20dh on food, but I’m getting guided around a lot of the city.

The view out over the Atlantic is spectacular. Prices are high for what I’m used to, but I’m living on bread and water mostly. I did buy a kilo of strawberries for 6dh. (0.6 euro) That was a definite treat. I’m planning on getting a couple bijous and eating nice tonight. I was hoping that I’d run into someone here to hang out with, but this is not a very touristy season. This would be more fun with some company.

Well, I’ve got a couple more messages to send. Hope all is well back home and I’ll see some of you in about three days in Paris, inshallah.

Love,
Will