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Morocco, The Long Version (I.E. Brace Yourself. Take it in Bite Sized Pieces.)

Thursday, February 16th, 2006

We crossed the Strait of Gibraltar from Algeceiras, Spain to Tangier, Morocco with all the wild enthusiasm yet steely resolve of Columbus approaching his brave new world.   

As the estimated 45 minute voyage lumbered into a three hour tour, however, we eventually abandoned our Titanic-esque post on the starboard deck and retired to read in a passenger cabin that smelled of urine.  Which is where all similarities to our journey and that of America’s discoverer end…Though we may have made better time if we had in fact taken the Nina, the Pinta or the Santa Maria.  

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Ghana - My early and confused days of African wandering

Wednesday, February 1st, 2006

Yeah, I know this is all out of order — that I have yet to post many pictures or summarize our Moroccan leg — but it has taken surprising efforts to finally find working internet in Accra, Ghana and as luck would have it, I have to leave town in an hour, so a disjointed, messy update it is. Luck you!

I left Morcco on Saturday night, flew into Lome, Togo at 2 in the morning and — after getting fleeced by immigration officials and taxi drivers alike — found a hostel room with cold water and a fan that moaned painfully with every arthritic turn. But at least it worked and let me tell you, a cold shower has never felt better.

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