October 18, 2024
TANGIERS, has changed a whole lot since I was last here in 2002.
The port area and the whole waterfront has been completely upgraded with under ground parking lots, a mosque, a booming marina and tons of housing complexes. I did the hop on off bus with other residents and climbed to top of light house.
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We had lunch in an authentic Turkish restaurant with the Medina walls. Yummy chicken tangine w/ apricots, dates, sultans and almonds; couscous; fresh bread olives and eggplant dip and sweet mint and dates with nuts for dessert.
Legend is Hercules stomped his foot off shore here and that is how the Atlantic and Mediterranean Seas split here!
I really enjoyed my first trip to Thailand! On our final morning here we went to try breakfast at this spot, down the road, we had been hearing rave reviews on, King Of Bread . The hype was correct, the breakfast was delicious and they had some unique choices. I had eggs benedict on a croissant, in lieu of the standard english muffin and Bosco had it on Milk Bread, which was equally tasty.
We love having authentic experiences with locals to really get a chance to see how they live and thrive in the Ports we visit. So when I found a cooking class, by a local woman offered in her home, we were excited to book. Um ( our teacher) picked us and brought us back to our hotel along with the family of 4 from Sydney, Australia, that had also signed up for this afternoon class. Um's house, which has a lovely open air kitchen, garden and dining area, was about a 30 minute drive and turned out to be on the beach, right next to the Grandparent Rocks.
The nightlife scene doesn't really get going till after 11pm and goes till 5 am in the Chaweng section of Koh Samui . We made our way over to the club district, and one of the hot spots called the ArkBar a little past 10pm to have some dinner, while watching the beach fire shows.