THE SOJOURNER

A few days ago I went over to Morocco for a few hours, It was a simple boat ride over from Spain across the medit, a popular attraction for how easily it´s done. On the boat you have to get your passport stamped, and go through customs, etc... and I witnessed, for my first time, a gypsy pack gettintg caught with illegitimate Romanian passports. Once we got to Africa, I rushed off the boat to take some pictures. I snapped one of a car and a building that caught my eye, and then I started to get yelled at, only to have a police van and another officer on foot coming strait at me, and fast. So, I played the dumb tourist and threw my hands in the air. Apparently they thought I took a picture of the cops, and made me delete the photos. Everyone saw this, and tour guides came rushing to me, seeing me as bait. we already had plans to meet with a tour guide, whom we eventually found after getting stalked by other tour guides. He showed us the hercules cave, where the cave entry looks like the shape of the African continent. Their is a lot of history and legend to go along with the cave- Atlas is buried somewhere here. We also took a ride on some camels for a bit, which was pretty rad, but was purely a tourist attraction. Most people here travel in cars or motorcycles. Morocco is cool place though, tons of culture and great climate. Definitely worth the three hour drive, and a speeding ticket
The next day we went to the rock of Gibraltar, which is also on the medit, but actually English land. Gibraltar is only a few miles big, but it would take a lot to walk across it all. At the base of the rock and the border between Spanish territory and English, their is an airport that was built, for when Franco closed the border between the two. Past the airport, their is a small town with touristic attractions and shopping for the locals. There are some killer fish and chips here. Further up, there is a cable cart that takes you to the top of the rock, where you can find monkeys, or apes..not sure. They like to hang around people, and find stray food. You can get pretty closed to them, but sometimes they will bite or chase you. I had a baby one chase me after I took its picture. It went from cute and furry to scary quickly. They kind of just hang around at the top of the rock, and the forested areas. The view from the top is ridiculous, if you can see past the clouds, which open up towards the end of the day. The rock is a lot cooler than I expected: worth the trip.