Next stop Tangier

We spent the night before sailing,  on a side street in Tarifa. Tarifa is a small, calm town, and we had no reservations about doing this. If you drive around you will see the odd Motorhome, doing the same.
We had been advised that this crossing, rather from Algeciras, would be a lot less hassle and this proved to be the case.

We set off for the port at 7.30am on the 14th December, to get the 9am ferry. Still dark, and a bit chilly!

Tarifa Port

By the time boarding started, it was just about daylight. A cloudy day was in prospect for southern Spain and we were now looking forward to the Moroccan sunshine.

I thought that the ferry would be heaving with people, and Motorhomes but, there was hardly anyone on it and, ours, was in fact, the only van on board. We'd heard that the French swarm in to Morocco in the winter months so, we expected to see more Motorhomes. Maybe it was just too early in the day?

Quiet ferry

On this route, Tarifa to Tangier ville, passport control is on the ferry which, while a little odd, certainly speeds up the process once you disembark.

No going back now. Next stop, Tangier!