or later here. so this is the petit soco? yes. it existed in phoenician times, roman times, english were here and now a very historic square. as a writer, i ve noticed everybody who comes here to do an article does the same article. well, it s so damn boring. the all do the beat generation. and there are lots of other stories in morocco apart from that. but everyone likes the beats. tennessee williams, others were all here. but that s a small part of moroccan history. 15-year period. there s a life before that and a life after that. you re here. yes. it was inevitable. let s pretend those guys never came. what is this place? well, the reality is you can
the grand soco is the great way to the medina where you can find the casbah which means fortress by the way. in the middle of it all the petit soco, what bill burroughs called the last place. reasons for settling in tangier are diverse. but everyone sooner or later comes to cafe tingus. jonathan dawson came to this city over 20 years ago as a journalist and he never left. he lives a life not too distant from burroughs fantasiers take, tea every day served by his manservant. he may not have a gazelle, but a pet rooster will do. and every day he makes the rounds of the cafes, seeing all the old faces, ending up sooner
this is the petit soco? this is the petit soco. yes. it existed in venetian times, existed in roman times, in the portuguese times and the english were here for 22 years and then the international city until 1956, now here. this is a very historic square. very historic. as a writer, i ve noticed everybody who comes here to do the article does the same article. it is so damn boring. they re all the beat generation and there are lots of other stories in morocco apart from that, but everyone likes the beats. bill burroughs, tennessee williams, they were all here, but that s a small part of the moroccan history. that s a 15-year page. there was a life before that and a life after that. you re here. yeah. it was inevitable. let s pretend those guys never came. what is this place? the reality is, you can read the story and live it. people do come here and try to
find the kasbah, which means fortress, by the way. the port is to the east, and right in the middle of it all, the petit soco, called the last spot, the meeting place, the switchboard of tangier. reasons for settling in tangier diverge, but everyone sooner or later, since the beginning of memory comes to cafe tingis. jonathan dawson came to this city over 20 years ago as a journalist and he never left. he lives a life not too distant from burroughs fantasy. cake and tea at 4:00 every day served by his man servant. he may not have a gazelle, but a pet rooster will do. and every day he makes the rounds of the cafes, seeing all the old faces, ending up sooner or later here.
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