Outta here!

 Gibraltar to Morocco!

Well my goodness- it took A LOT of upwind sailing - but we are finally out of the Med - through the Straights of Gibraltar and on the African continent - in Morocco at last! Once again though, we are waiting out some rainy weather and high contrary winds in Tangier (not exactly yacht friendly!!) before hopping down the coast.

We (the girls - now including my niece Anastasia) did manage to get off the boat for a road trip yesterday while Cress minded the boat - mainly because we are the 5th boat rafted up to a mangy dock behind an out of service ferry! Also, Cress had one of those nasty jobs to do yesterday fixing the head pump - guess that's the price for having the harem crew doting on him ;-).

In any case, we are ready to set sail as soon as possible - maybe tonight or early morning and make time down the coast.We opted to skip Casablanca when we heard the population is 4 million - after being in Tnagier a mere 1 million and being constantly accosted in the medina (not a pleasant experience at all) - but still would really like to see Marrakesh and the desert and the wild, wild, west coast of Morocco.

Otherwise, all well on board!

These photos are from the blue town we visited called Chefchaouen - on the mountains about 2 hours east of Tangier.