Morocco: Rabat, Casablanca, and Agadir
We docked in Casablanca, Morocco’s largest city, and the busiest seaport in North Africa. We would soon discover that this leading commercial and industrial center of Morocco is strikingly different from the city in the movie of the same name. But first we headed for the capital city, Rabat…
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A Royal Rendezvous of Cunard’s Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth cruise ships
On September 25, 1967, as the Queen Mary was about to make her final transatlantic voyage en route to Long Beach, she passed her sister ship, the original Queen Elizabeth. Their captains stood on deck while the ships’ horns sounded.
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Dakar, Senegal
Produce, household goods, and jewelry lined the sidewalks. Women in brightly colored dresses balanced bowls filled with cloth dolls on their heads.
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