tangier's walls: my chaotic love letter to the streets
so i'm sprawled in this alley, paint fumes still clinging to my hair like cheap perfume, and tangier's just... breathing around me. the city doesn't sleep, it just shifts gears when the sun dips low. my fingers are numb from this *coastal wind cutting through my jacket, but it’s kinda perfect for dodging nosy cops while tagging a fresh mural.
someone told me this medina maze was cursed - like, literally haunted by artists who got too greedy. but then a drunk local slurred over his mint tea that the real ghosts are the colonial traders buried under these very stones. who knows? i just know the crumbling walls whisper secrets if you listen hard enough.
the weather's been playing games lately - one minute it's that 16.54°C nipping at your neck, next it's dropping like a bad habit to 15.45°C if you're near the water. pack layers or regret it. when the air feels like this, i head straight to the souk for some spice-scented chaos*.
if the medina walls start closing in, remember chefchaouen's blue streets are just a bus ride north. or jump a ferry to spain if you're feeling reckless. both are escapes from this beautiful madness.
oh, and the gossip mill: a vendor swore that the port's abandoned warehouses are crawling with undercover cops. but then another dude swore they're actually underground artist colonies. i say test the theory - just bring bail money.
for supplies, skip the tourist traps and hit the kasbah market. but watch out for that paint stall owner - i heard he waters down his spray cans. true story.
here’s how the sunset looked from the beach yesterday. the whole sky was bleeding oranges and purples - made the ocean look like spilled ink.
and this? this is me hiding from the rain in some back alley, sketching while the drips turned my paper into abstract art. life’s like that sometimes.
don’t even get me started on the ships. they’re always looming offshore like metal ghosts, reminding us tangier’s just a stone’s throw from europe if you’ve got guts.
so yeah. tangier’s got teeth. it’ll chew you up and spit out art. just don’t trust the guy selling ‘authentic’ berbers at the grand socco. check his stall reviews here. for real street cred, hit the port murals at dawn.
“this city eats dreamers and spits out poets, but the walls never forget.”
“if your paint cans aren’t sweating, you’re not trying hard enough.”
peace out. gotta finish this tag before the morning sweep.