Day 5, Welcome to Fes
WOW WHAT A NICE HOTEL!
I think that Pete managed to book us into the honeymoon grotto section ,it was lovely, a whole wooden chalet to ourselves, we also boosted some bricks to help fix the car, in fact the Saab proved too strong for the weak Spanish blocks and shattered one but the front brakes were fixed…by 1am!
Before we left Tarifa on the ferry we did obtain a posh seafood meal and a genuine police locale parking ticket in the course of sampling both the nightlife and the very early morning life. We got up at 6.30am for some ‘check the ferry ticket office before dawn ‘action…(it was Baltic! But had warmed to 20c by the time we caught the ferry.}
It was tres nice as they would say in France…it was in Spain but I / we don’t know any Spanish…until the afternoon when we had to wait until after 1pm to catch the 10am car ferry! So with time to kill we recorded a mock Spanish video course with G explaining for an upcoming You-tube video how to eat an orange (thanks to the Sanchez Family for a sack of fresh Seville Oranges!)
We had to join an immense queue on the ferry (Thundercat 1…no I am not joking, what a great name) to get our passports stamped, we also met the fabled cancer research girls team…’fairy’ and ‘angel’ whom Pete and G had been told about at St Marks Crimbo Carol Service!)
Safely on the African side we waited in 20c heat with cameras forbidden while a series of police and government officials checked our details, but the elaborate hiding of the Arabic Bibles in the roof panels was not tested as da Saab escaped searching! An hour, a bribe of 5 Euros and an orange later and we were into Tangier onto some of the best and emptiest motorways of all. Maybe London drivers in their 4 by 4’s have a point…it seems that you only need an off roader in England not Africa!
Bonus Thought…
Once again all countries are IRISH not only was a shop called ‘sin fein’ in Spain, but in Morroco the locals flash their headlights to warn you of impending police speed traps, might as well be on the road to Dublin not Rabat…
Top travel tips day 5
1. If u want to smuggle Bibles take part in a banger race! It’s a great cover story!
2. If u want to keep your tourist destination tidy and you are chewing gum…simply reach out and stick it to your banger! Instant rubbish disposal and recycling by using it as banger hole filler…
We’re enjoying following the progress!
