Winging it!
Waiting to the last minute is my middle name, it’s pretty much the way I live my life. This Africa trip is no different, but it feels good to be with people that operate the same way.
After pissing away our 2 week “getting prepared” time, we left Barcelona like a band of gypsies in two piece of crap cars that would be lucky if they made it to the Spanish border. The only useful thing we had in our cars other then our stinky clothes was some cheap tents and sleeping bags that already have busted zippers. For some reason we thought it was a good idea to leave Barcelona at midnight and drive through the night hoping to get the ferry port early in the morning. Unfortunately we under estimated the time it would take to drive through Spain. 18 hours later we limped into Algiers looking like a bunch of beat dogs lacking food, sleep and a shower. It’s for sure the wrong way to start such a crazy trip.
Crossing the border into Morocco was full of adventure and chaos and cost us 3 hours. I think we have now learned how greasing a palm can get you to the front of the line and save hours waiting like retards. So after spending some quality time in sketch-ville we finally made it to the beach where we planned to camp. We pulled into a town called Asilah on a Saturday night, which was full of colorful sketchy dudes standing on the streets. We decided to drive a bit outside of town, which we thought would be safer. We found a dark dusty road that looked like it might lead down towards the beach. It for sure lead to the beach but also lead of right into the arms of 2 crazy looking guys with machine guns. We either drove onto a military test range or some sort of national park. I was just glad we didn’t already pitch the tents and have to repack them. It was now 1am, which was over 24 hours since we left Barcelona. We finally found a quite area on the beach, so we popped the tents and got some much needed rest. I only woke up once during the night wondering where the hell I was, the sounds of the ocean through me off. So I guess you can say that my trip is officially underway. Here are some pictures from the last 2 weeks.
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