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)