The Marrakesh Express

February 5th-Heading back to the ship. Jon Kastendiek & Sarah Swank are in the background.

We did not go to Marrakesh but we took the express train which travelled to Casablanca and through to Marrakesh. The Moroccan trains are fantastic, fast and efficient and not at all expensive. In fact if you speak a little French and read up on the cultural norms and customs, this is an easy country to visit.

Mostly Muslim, the Moroccans are incredibly polite and friendly. They are not rich but they are very happy and generous and speak kindly of Americans. They are quite excited about Obama and everyone I met from the taxi drivers to the shopkeepers mentioned his name with great excitement. It seems that people all over the world feel relief and hope that the U. S. has turned a critical corner. I hope we don’t let them down.

In Morocco I did not experience any kind of threat to my person or felt any fear. I have received so much from these brief few days and feel that I have a much broader understanding and appreciation for a country about which I knew so little. Judging from the comments I have heard from other voyagers, it sounds as if this has been a common experience among us all.





Purchasing skull caps at Volubilis.