We left Tarifa, Spain this morning and took the ferry from Tarifa to Tangier. And what a difference a 45 minute ferry ride makes! The instant we got off the ferry we were accosted by taxi cab drivers who were, to be completely honest, rather scary, smelly, and really pushy. We ended up walking out …
El último día en Madrid
A busy day! Even if we didn’t get up till 9:30, and didn’t leave the hostel till noon… Tomorrow we leave for Sevilla, and because I sometimes freak out about things like tickets and transportation and things of that nature, I dragged Lindsay across town so we could buy our bus tickets early. It turned …
Made it to Madrid…
Alright, so after 30 straight hours of traveling (not the fun kind–LAX to London, London to Madrid) Lindsay and I made it to our hostel in Madrid at 2 am where we promptly showered and fell asleep and probably woke up the two Japanese girls in the bunks beneath us with our annoying zipping and …
Preface to the Legendary North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula Trip
Preface On May 5, 2008, I, and my heterolife partner, Lindsay, set off on an epic (ok, maybe not epic, but definitely exciting) trip through various countries of North Africa and the Middle East with nothing but a few guidebooks, a couple of rucksacks, and some advice from friends. (Oh yeah we had a little …
