We decided to go North because the worst too much fighting going on in southern africa. we took a 3 hour bus ride and then rode a train for 10 hours to get to northern morocco. the ride wasn't so bad except on the train we were lucky enough to be next to the only man snoring louder than any human on earth. you can only imagine how that went and we both only got about 2 hours of sleep. tanger was great ! we saw the first american embassy ever created and we went into town called La medina which is so old there is only enough room in the streets for about 3 people to stand side by side. Cars were not even an idea when this town was built. It was neat to see though. We also had an amazing view of Spain from the port in Tangier. The people were not as friendly in Tangier as they were in Agadir. Tangier is a much bigger city though. The hotel we stayed in was very very nice for the cost! We payed $20 a night and that was cheap for the area but some how we were lucky enough to find that hotel!actually it wasn't that we were luck y the taxi driver told us about the hotel so I guess we were lucky to have him pick us up at the train station lol. So we spent 3 days there and left at 6pm on the third day. If you have read the past blogs you know we have not had the best luck leaving places. Well, this wasn't much better. So here I go...we bought our tickets around 3 and were told by the men in the agency we had to be at the bus station by 5 to get through customs and check in, etc. Through this whole trip we haven't gotten sick. Even being in Morocco for 2 weeks unable to drink the water, we managed to not get sick. Just to make everything go the way it did the day we were leaving, Danielle got sick. So, the men also told us that the bus station was right up the road next to a hotel in the right. We walked there and realized pretty quickly it was to the right and about another mile down the road. So we kept walking. Once we made it ri the bus station it was a hot mess. By that point we had to make sure we figured out what was going on in less than 15 mins cause the bus comes every hour to the port we needed to leave from. There were about 20 bus spots with no signs and people everywhere! All the signs were in Arabic or French which didn't help. So we asked different people who all told us different answers. Then we asked a taxi driver which bus we needed and he told us there was no bus that brought us to the port bu that he would bring us! I almost jumped in the car and smacked him. We finally found an employee who told us the bus runs every 45 mins and we had just missed the bus and would have to wait which would have made us late to the port and in turn would keep us in Tangier another night and we would have to buy another set of tickets. Lmao! Writing this now, I'm laughing. When this happened, I literally almost started to cry. I was so pissed. We still decided to try anyways and went to the correct bus stop. When we got there a taxi driver approached us and asked if we wanted to join a few other people and all go to the port together. We had no other choice so we all pilled in and were off. The ride to the port was nerve racking! I wanted to tip the man enough so he could go get an alignment! We were driving through the mountains and I really felt one of the tires were just bound to come flying off because of how hard the car was shaking! Between, the Arabic music blasting, the amount of people piled into the car, no ventilation, and the car shaking vigorously, it was a great moment in my life to arrive at the port and get the hell out of the car. O yes, when we were driving down the highway, the taxi had to pull over because the truck flew open. That was great. Needless to say, we made it safe and pretty sound lol. The process of getting through customs was another mission. My phone is going to die though. I will have to write more later. Hope you all are having a great day! Miss you all! Xoxo
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