Marrakech express
Subtitle: on and off the rails in the Sultans' Kingdom
By: Peter Millar
Publisher: Arcadia Books
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9781909807594
Subjects: Travel; Railroad travel; Description and travel
Description: Back in 1969, when Morocco's ancient capital was a hashish-clouded hippie mecca, Crosby, Stills and Nash recorded their (hopelessly inaccurate) foot-tapping anthem 'Marrakesh Express'. A generation on, award-winning journalist, author, and one-time glam rock fan Peter Millar uses what is now the country's best visited tourist destination as the embarkation point for a literally reverse-engineered train journey through this still exotic, diverse, and challenging North African country, struggling to maintain its unique blend of tradition and tolerance in the turbulent winds of the Arab Spring.
Table of contents: title: The not quite silent lambs; title: Blind alleys and broad horizons; title: Hot pots and hot spots; title: Play it again, Hassan; title: Reach for the sky; title: Croquet with our man in Morocco; title: Vin extraordinaire; title: Recycling the Romans; title: Howzat then! Souk and see; title: Slow train to Oujda; title: Oujda, the final frontier; title: Tangerine dreams; title: The pillars of Hercules.