In December 2003 decided to visit Morocco. It was an amazing trip and the first time I would visit an Arabic speaking country. We reached Morocco by way of Spain via a ferry across the Straits of Gibraltar.

Our primary mode of transport for this entire trip was trains, with the exception of one bus ride between Malaga and Ronda and the ferry from Algeciras to Tangier.

The itinerary was as follows:

• Malaga - Our plane arrived in Malaga on Spain's Costa del Sol. We went straight from the airport to the bus station to catch a bus to Rhonda.
• Ronda - An amazing Andalucian town with a massive deep gorge right through the center of the village. The two sides are connected by a gorgeous bridge.. pretty much the most pictouresque town I have ever seen. The highlight was just looking out at the fields from the park at the edge of the cliffs.
• Ferry by way of Algeciras, Spain. You don't really want to spend much time in this city, we went straight from the train station to the ferry terminal and caught the express ferry about an hour later. The ferry was mostly empty, but the passport control going into Morocco was chaotic. The trip took about 3 hours.