Tangier represented both a new city and country for us. Very exciting! We had originally decided to walk from the ship, but with the free shuttle bus being right there when we stepped off the ship, we made a quick change of plan and hopped on. Unfortunately we didn’t get very far because the poor bus driver miscalculated his turn and ended up with a broken window and wedged in between 2 inspection booths. Back to plan A.
It wasn’t very far before we reached the walls of the Kasbah. We continued up the paths and stairs and entered through a gate at Bab Haha – a great name and site of our first geocache.
We then enjoyed twisting and turning through the streets of the Medina with its many colourful doors.
I think that Tangier would rival Athens for the most cats. There were cats, cats, cats everywhere!
A close second to the number of cats was the persistent locals who wanted to strike up a conversation to get paid to guide you through the area or to sell you something. One of the caches we were after was in one of the souks – fortunately being early Sunday morning most of them were still closed. So we got through without being too hassled to buy things.
From the Medina area we headed to the square in the Grand Socco and then set off to explore the ‘newer’ part of the city.
We then made our way down to the corniche.
After all the days we have had in the mid to high 30s while in Europe, today was a very pleasant 28°. Geocaching mission completed with 75% success, we turned back in the direction of the ship. Despite our love of getting ‘lost’ in old town streets, we stayed outside the walls on our way back to avoid the persistent vendors. The shuttle bus coach was still firmly wedged in the same position when we returned.
Westysclan World Cruise 2023 
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