Gibraltar: 26th - 27th March 2006 No better place to recover from the culture shock of Morocco! Apart from the fact that it is a huge rock in the sea, it is really just like the UK. The first thing I did on entering Gibraltar was head to the pub for a pint (alcohol is practically non existant in Morocco) and a roast beef lunch. I took the cable car to the top of the upper rock where the views of Gibraltar and South Spain are incredible. But the best pa...

Morocco: 21st - 26th March 2006 What a place to start travels in. A serious culture shock! Catch the ferry from Algeciras in Spain and in just over 2 hours you reach Tangiers. Immediately you are hastled by numorous taxi drivers trying to get you business. Walking along the streets every local, with little exception, kept staring at me. Have they never seen a blonde white boy before? This takes some getting used to but after a day or two you realise you are ...