2024 in Morocco (Tangier)

(land #33) first steps into Africa
2024-09-03 23:59 // updated 2026-03-08 10:22

the Celebrity Equinox docked at Tangier, Morocco on September 3:

chose to take a "guided bus tour" for this leg and saw:

  • Cape Spartel (where the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean meet)
  • Cave of Hercules (a "grotto" with an opening overlooking the Atlantic)
  • Kasbah (the fortress)
  • Souk (the marketplace)
  • Hotel Continental (with a café)

trip markers

  • 33rd "country"
  • 1st "African country"
  • 1st "Arabic-speaking country"
  • 2nd time in a "Muslim-majority country"
    • after Bosnia (2022)
  • 1st time in a "mostly desert country"
  • 2nd time seeing a "desert landscape"
    • after USA (2012)
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