We're in Morocco for sure. The older generation may try and convince you Casablanca has ambience. Either they haven't been there or they still have a crush on Humphrey Bogart or that other actress who starred alongside him - an old-sounding name (?) Pretty sure it was filmed in LA, to be honest. And I'll tell you another thing, the pilots suck. To be fair, he may have been an Egyptian but he was obviously so distracted by the allure of the sultry Casablanca that he briefly forgot the importance of not landing solely on the left-hand set of wheels. Airbuses don't correct like a skateboard. Anyway, amidst much wailing and gnashing of teeth (not from us) the right-hand side of the plane touched the tarmac and we were alive. An Air Egypt official (not doing much official sitting next to us and scoffing cake the whole flight) found the whole incident hilarious. To my question "how often does this happen?" - his grinning reply: "First Time "
And, indeed, it has been a whole myriad of First Times for Dr. McAlpine and I.
1)Tea with a Nazgul, (video to follow tomorrow).
Here are some other things we have done for the first time:
2)Been sleeping in a sitting room when the person across the road passes on in the night and the whole community begins to wail after a towncrier sprints around the streets announcing it (9 hours, give or take)
3) Worn a fez for twelve hours.
4) Been told, "let me show you around," and later informed those five minutes had cost R120. Calpers didn't budge, though. He had a real punch-me fez (ambiguity intended).
5) Ate a liquid goat in a bun
6) Sleeping in a den that Withnail would have recoiled at. We remained unfezzed.
7) Had a banana thrown at us by the village dunce who later threatened to bring out 'Michael Jackson'. He was unbuttoning his trousers at the time.
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