Uploaded December 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In the summer of 2022, I took a weeklong trip to Morocco in North Africa. If you know one thing about its railway, you probably know they were the first African nation to build High Speed Rail. But what if I told you there was a lot more to the ONCF network than that?

Where I stayed:

Marrakesh: booking.com/hotel/ma/riad-mounir.html?aid=356980&label=gog235jc-1FCAsojAFCC3JpYWQtbW91bmlySDNYA2irAogBAZgBMbgBB8gBDdgBAegBAfgBAogCAagCA7gC3pbjugbAAgHSAiQ2MGYzZWIwMi02MmM5LTRlZTktODRmNi03NGZmNDc2NDU4MmTYAgXgAgE&sid=c88f984d44dc680b74d3c218823047f2&dest_id=-38833&dest_type=city&dist=0&group_adults=2&group_children=0&hapos=1&hpos=1&no_rooms=1&req_adults=2&req_children=0&room1=A%2CA&sb_price_type=total&sr_order=popularity&srepoch=1733872485&srpvid=c47ba36f227c019c&type=total&ucfs=1&

Fes: airbnb.com/rooms/17279991?viralityEntryPoint=1&s=76

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Classy Whale - at-least-weekly misadventures with trains and transit!

0:00 - Intro
0:43 - Marrakesh
2:03 - Al-Atlas
3:53 - Let's Talk About Colonialism
5:55 - To Oujda
9:52 - Bus to the Border
11:41 - Patreon
11:51 - Al-Atlas Nuit Sleeper Train
13:03 - Al-Boraq
17:19 - Conclusion