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You’re Going To Miss … Spain & Morocco

You’re Going To Miss … Spain & Morocco

by Calvin Sun | Jan 4, 2012 | December 2011: Spain, Gibraltar, Morocco, Portugal, Fit for Foodies, Gibraltar, Morocco, Portugal, Post-travel Reflections, Spain, What Dreams May Come, You're Going to Miss It...

 You’re going to miss the freedom of wandering, the days that begun with nothing to expect, the trust in what’s around the corner, the feeling of wanderlust, the time when you were free to do anything that you wanted.  You’re going to...
The Ferry Crossing From Spain To Morocco

The Ferry Crossing From Spain To Morocco

by Calvin Sun | Dec 31, 2011 | Blitzkrieg!!!, Border Crossing, December 2011: Spain, Gibraltar, Morocco, Portugal, How Did You Do That?, Lessons Learned, Morocco, Spain

 A few minutes after crossing back in and out of Gibraltar, we took a relatively cheap (2.15 euros) 30min bus ride from La Linea de Concepcion (Spain’s border town by Gibraltar) to the Spanish port town of Algeciras.  There’s really nothing...
Welcome To The Rock: Gibraltar

Welcome To The Rock: Gibraltar

by Calvin Sun | Dec 29, 2011 | December 2011: Spain, Gibraltar, Morocco, Portugal, Gibraltar, How Did You Do That?, Spain

  Gibraltar. It’s a symbol of arbitrary lines. A country within a country. The U.K. owned Gibraltar lies in a small sliver of southern Spain where for a moment, you can hop over to a different country and back by simply walking over some line and flashing a...
Meet the Spanish Inquisition; This Trip Could Be The End Of Me

Meet the Spanish Inquisition; This Trip Could Be The End Of Me

by Calvin Sun | Dec 17, 2011 | December 2011: Spain, Gibraltar, Morocco, Portugal, Introductions, Pre-travel Preparations

  This is the true story… of 7 strangers… picked to live on a backpack…travel together and have their lives blogged… To find out what happens… when people stop being polite… and start getting monsoonal… …The Monsoon...

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