he mused , and opened it up and promptly had a flash forward - at precisely this time in four days time he would be stepping off the brow of the ferry from almeria in spain onto terra firma an nador in morocco , it must be true , the visa and entry stamps into morocco were already in his passport ( although the ink was still wet ) , and unbelievably the flash forward turned out to be almost spot on ; the only difference was in the mode of transport .