MMM Oil!

Tarifa...still here :)

The girls were supposed to catch an early bus from Malaga to Tarifa today and at this point we should have been in Tangiers and well on our way to finding a train to Casablanca...

But surprise surprise plans have changed! They girls are on their way and we will either stay here tonight or catch a ferry across and stay in Tangiers. It depends on what time they arrive...

So - that isn´t a big deal! I figured another nice relaxing day at the beach would be nice. The sun was shining this morning so I even managed to convince Maria to not go to Sevilla today but rather stay another night and leave tomorrow. So after waking up and having some breakfast Tim, Ellen, Maria and I headed off to the beach!

(Tim and Ellen are a Danish-Norwegian couple staying here to kite surf! Super nice people! And fun that I get to speak Danish :) I also found a Danish book in the hostel that I will take with me and leave somewhere in Morocco!)

The sun had sort of been shining earlier but once we got to the beach all the clouds from yesterday returned :( We decided to swim anyway but about halfway into the water we noticed the surface was covered with a shiny substance....mmmm OIL!

Apparently, there had been a crash between two ships in Gibraltar yesterday and we think the oil is from that. It was really really gross. As it washed in you could smell it wafting over the beach. Our feet are completely black from the oil...luckily it isn´t on the rest of our bodies!!

So...no relaxing beach day today :( But relaxing at the hostel on the terrace is still nice everyone is very friendly and chill so that makes it quite cozy!

I really like Tarifa. There isn´t a whole lot to do so it forces you to just relax. I can´t feel guilty about not sight-seeing because I have already seen the sights :)

Last night was lots of fun too! The hostel common area closes down at midnight so we took our little party to the pubs! If you ever have a chance to taste a Capriniska (or something like that)..DO IT! Tarfia has quite the nightlife and enough bars to sustain hundreds of surfer people in the summer. Makes for an interesting night out!!! :)

It was an interesting little group too; Aussies, a Swiss-Kiwi, a Finn, a Belgian, a German...lots of nations represented! The Aussies especially seem to be world travellers.

More to come from Morocco...