False hijack alarm in Morocco

We were 5 and the driver that was supposed to bring us straight from Merzouga to Fes. Two Brazilians, three Australians and a Moroccan driver that could only speak Arabic and few words in French. Every few kilometers he was stopping the car and hanging out with some random people in the road. At a certain moment he left the main highway … Read More

How to cross from Africa to Europe on boat

Is easy to get from Africa to Europe by boat starting from Morocco and arriving in Spain. After crossing 900 kilometres during 2 days with a Grand-Taxi from south to north Morocco we finally arrived in Tangier bus station. In this place we took a taxi to the Tangier boat terminal. There is a huge ferry that takes 40 minutes … Read More

From Merzouga to Tangier overland

It was not an easy task, but I managed to arrive in my destination alive and entire using only Grand Taxis. We started in the city of Mezourga, place where the Sahara desert tour ended. Me, a Brazilian guy and 3 Australians sticked together to fit in this old Mercedes-Benz with over 500 thousand kilometers in the odometer. They call … Read More

The Holy City of Fatima in Portugal

Fatima in Portugal was not in my travel itinerary, but I took a trip in the BlaBlaCar from Lisbon to Porto where the driver was using the site for the first time. He was a middle-aged boy with a family and said that he did this route several times a week because he worked in Lisbon and lived in Porto. … Read More

The day I lost a Blablacar ride

Of the 13 trips I’ve done with blablacar I’ve had two experiences that I can consider not very good. The first was from Tarifa to Seville, whose Spanish driver and an Argentinian lady smoked like chimney, with closed windows and no air conditioning. I asked a few times for them to open the window, they opened and closed soon, there … Read More