{"id":1042,"date":"2017-01-18T05:53:46","date_gmt":"2017-01-18T10:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/?p=1042"},"modified":"2020-05-12T11:33:11","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T16:33:11","slug":"moving-cities-casablanca-to-rabat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/18\/moving-cities-casablanca-to-rabat\/","title":{"rendered":"Moving cities &#8211; Casablanca to Rabat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We left Casablanca by bus in the early afternoon, heading north towards the Kingdom of Morocco&#8217;s capital, Rabat. Apparently we left just around the time for a prayer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0108.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-921\" src=\"https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0108-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0108-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0108-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0108-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0108-351x234.jpg 351w, https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0108-460x307.jpg 460w, https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0108.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The outskirts of Casablanca, the regions that the money from international investment hasn&#8217;t reached, look more like slums rather than what you&#8217;d expect from Morocco&#8217;s largest city.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0144.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-923\" src=\"https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0144-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0144-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0144-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0144-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0144-351x234.jpg 351w, https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0144-460x307.jpg 460w, https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0144.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0139-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-935\" src=\"https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0139-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0139-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0139-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0139-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0139-1-351x234.jpg 351w, https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0139-1-460x307.jpg 460w, https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0139-1.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Passing through the countryside of Morocco, poverty was omnipresent.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0199.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-925\" src=\"https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0199-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0199-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0199-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0199-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0199-351x234.jpg 351w, https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0199-460x307.jpg 460w, https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0199.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0203.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-926\" src=\"https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0203-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0203-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0203-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0203-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0203-351x234.jpg 351w, https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0203-460x307.jpg 460w, https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0203.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But no matter what area we passed through, every couple hundred meters there was a group of three Moroccan flag next to the highway.<a href=\"https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0175.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We passed farmers taking care of their animals&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0248.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-933\" src=\"https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0248-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0248-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0248-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0248-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0248-351x234.jpg 351w, https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0248-460x307.jpg 460w, https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0248.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0212.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-927\" src=\"https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0212-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0212-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0212-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0212-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0212-351x234.jpg 351w, https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0212-460x307.jpg 460w, https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0212.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some nice cloudscapes with mammatus&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0222.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-928\" src=\"https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0222-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"825\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0222-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0222-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0222-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0222-351x527.jpg 351w, https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0222-460x690.jpg 460w, https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0222.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Very green forests&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0214.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-937\" src=\"https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0214-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0214-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0214-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0214-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0214-351x234.jpg 351w, https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0214-460x307.jpg 460w, https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0214.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And eventually started approaching more populated\u00a0areas again.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0239-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-939\" src=\"https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0239-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0239-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0239-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0239-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0239-1-351x234.jpg 351w, https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0239-1-460x307.jpg 460w, https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0239-1.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0226-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-938\" src=\"https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0226-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0226-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0226-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0226-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0226-1-351x234.jpg 351w, https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0226-1-460x307.jpg 460w, https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0226-1.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0245.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-932\" src=\"https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0245-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0245-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0245-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0245-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0245-351x234.jpg 351w, https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0245-460x307.jpg 460w, https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0245.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0231.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-930\" src=\"https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0231-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0231-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0231-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0231-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0231-351x234.jpg 351w, https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0231-460x307.jpg 460w, https:\/\/myredsuitcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_0231.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And then, after only about an hour by bus, we had arrived in Rabat &#8211; a city that ended up surprising me quite positively. But more on that\u00a0later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We left Casablanca by bus in the early afternoon, heading north towards the Kingdom of Morocco&#8217;s capital, Rabat. Apparently we left just around the time for a prayer. The outskirts of Casablanca, the regions that the money from international investment hasn&#8217;t reached, look more like slums rather than what you&#8217;d expect from Morocco&#8217;s largest city. 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