Safi Moroccan/Portugese fortress cannons

fernando · 27th October 2007, 11:01 PM

Hi Ward
Have you also been up north in Mazagan ( El Jadida ) ?
It was the last place that Portuguese had to abandon ( 1769 ). The citadel is impressive, its water cistern is famous.

ward · 27th October 2007, 11:30 PM

Yes I have. Nice place I generally spend more time in the south around Tefrout. but I have been all over Magrib except the Mediterranean cost and the algerian border. I am allergic to land mines.
Fernando do you go over to North Africa ? maybe we will meet up

fernando · 27th October 2007, 11:47 PM

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Originally Posted by ward

Fernando do you go over to North Africa ? maybe we will meet up

Long time i don't go there. I used to drive over during my hollidays, for very short periods. Crossing the car ferry in Algeciras, one hour to arrive in Ceuta. Then Tethuan, Tanger, Fez, Rabat and Casablanca ... never further. I know Mazagão by the books and chronicles. Maybe some day i go back there, and such time will be further south.

ward · 27th October 2007, 11:52 PM

You are missing all the fun. Stay in some of the Berber areas. French and Arabic only but a lot more laid back

27th October 2007, 11:01 PM	#1
fernando (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,694	Hi Ward Have you also been up north in Mazagan ( El Jadida ) ? It was the last place that Portuguese had to abandon ( 1769 ). The citadel is impressive, its water cistern is famous.

27th October 2007, 11:30 PM	#2
ward Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 637	Yes I have. Nice place I generally spend more time in the south around Tefrout. but I have been all over Magrib except the Mediterranean cost and the algerian border. I am allergic to land mines. Fernando do you go over to North Africa ? maybe we will meet up

27th October 2007, 11:52 PM	#4
ward Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 637	You are missing all the fun. Stay in some of the Berber areas. French and Arabic only but a lot more laid back