Taking the Train

I was invited to attend  a consular evening in Rabat for Australians living in Morocco. That's me for now  I thought , so I set off. Rabat is the capital of Morocco and a 4 hour train trip from Marrakech. The station - Gare du Train - is new, contemporary and immaculate. The obligatory golden arches of McDonalds are well entrenched here as you can see. This is a very modern part of town that includes KFC, Zara, H&M, Adidas etc. The ancient Medina is only about a 20 minute walk from this stark newnesss.

Immaculate station and train and unlike most places in the world the train left on time. Mine is the red train just pulling in. I sat in a first class air conditioned compartment chatting {my french is outrageously apalling but I am trying !!!! }with other passengers. Cost of ticket one way was about $24.00. It would have been double that in Australia and the train would have been dirty and delayed. I had my camera  ready just in case but I knew there would be  little to see on the trip but the endless stoney dry plains and prickly pear so typical of rural North Africa.

 

 

Comments

[Lambsearshoney]

We caught the train from Fes to Marrakech and loved it too. But we did heed the warnings not to eat the train food and took our own!

[Agnes]

I took the train from Marrakech to Casablanca & was shocked to see how nice the train station was!!! Several people told me to buy a first class ticket so I did -- loved the ride :-) Gotta love trains!

[Semiotiq]

Everything so polished and spotless - no sign of an overflowing bin!