By Paul Bryers

• Day Itinerary: Fly Cairo to Marrakech, Morocco

The Planes:

The:
~ 5.5 hr flight Cairo to Casablanca on a Royal Air Maroc (RAM) 737-8MAX, flight AT273 (covering ~ 3,700 kms/2300 miles) and
~ 1 hr flight Casablanca to Marrakech on a RAM ATR Turboprop, flight AT413 (covering ~ 200 kms/124 miles)
were OK.

The business seat on Cairo flight was comfortable, being wide with a slight decline available.

The “business seat” on the 1 hr hop to Marrakech was, well… not…

The amenity bag on the Cairo flight was filled with nice smelly thinks like face spray, lip balm and moisturizer – smells were of argan, prickly pear (excellent in a cocktail) and verbena essential oils. Its impossible to fly without such luxuries 😃. They also help disguise the smell of my dirty trainers 😔 . They are super dirty after all the Egyptian sand..

Breakfast on the Cairo flight was good – fresh fruit with tasty, spiced omelet and potato, yoghurt and pastries.

Dinner in the Marrakesh flight was ….absent…

There was no onboard wifi or entertainment on either flight – so plenty of time to write this post and remember my AMA Egyptian Blueberries….

The Journey:

As we as ascended into the dust layer hanging over Cairo, I got my last glimpses of the city and the Nile.

Then as we flew further North into Lower Egypt we met the Mediterranean Sea and the North entry to the Suez Canal. Loads of huge ships were positioned in the sea close to the locks, awaiting entry.

We then headed out over the Med leaving the coast and Egypt behind.

We passed over Sicily and right above Mt Etna which was emitting vapors. I recognized Taormina.

As we flew across there were lovely mountains and beaches – saw Palermo..

With about 1.5 hrs to go we reached the Balearics and flew over Palma de Majorca…..

….and then Ibiza….

….SE Spain…

And finally, after flying across the European Mediterranean, Africa is once again just in front with Casablanca only about 30 mins away.

And finally, finally a glimpse of Casablanca.

After some shenanigans at Casablanca we finally took off for Marrakesh, passing some desert on the way.

And thus the long travel day from Egypt ended and the new Morocco trip commenced.

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