Monday, October 20, 2008

Of camels and contraband

This past weekend, I took a trip to Tangiers. Not only did I get to ride on a camel on bluffs overlooking the Atlantic Ocean (with the requisite goofy tourist-grin on my face), I also got to visit the new port of Tangiers, Tanger-Med that is on the Mediterranean Sea. Tangiers actually is on the point that separates the Atlantic from the Mediterranean, so it was easy to drive from views of one to the other in a matter of minutes.

The photo of me and the two ladies is taken with the currently working Tangers-Med container port in the background. It's brand new and just opened in recent weeks.


Although I keep hearing that the low prices are due to the fact that the sales are of contraband, I got a load of good deals while shopping in Tétouan. Not the least of my shopping feats included the purchase of a
5 lb. ball of Edam cheese, in its red wax wrapper, for $15 (125 dh) . FIVE POUNDS of cheese! I’m going to be eating that same ball of cheese next February at this rate. The photo of the street scene (below) was taken near the souk on the way to Tétouan.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Your pic on the camel is just so funny! Hope you are really enjoying your time there.

Tanger is awesome (my brother has been there several times).

How are you doing at bargaining with the sellers?

Heather said...

Hey Inma,

Thanks! That camel was a hoot! I can see why your brother would go to Tanger -- it's a beautiful city (very European).

So far, I haven't had to bargain much -- which is good because I'm really not very talented at it. Moroccan people keep doing it for me, too, so I ususally don't understand what happened until all is said and done :)

How's NJ?

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