Wed, 27  Aug 2008

Welcome back! Maybe you didn't miss us but we certainly missed the Moroccan sunshine having spent 3 weeks in Ireland and getting a glimpse of the sun for a total of 4 hours one evening! Having said that, sunset times on the Irish west coast considerably lengthen the daylight hours during the & "summer" which prompted a conversation about Moroccan daylight savings and how it would interfere with the forthcoming month of Ramadan. (We wrote about this in a previous blog).

Well maybe someone in the Moroccan government overheard us as no sooner have we got back than we read the incredible news that Morocco was turning back the clock for Ramadan. It appears that when the government decided to launch daylight saving time in June, it failed to consider the hours of prayers, Iftar, Sohour, work and school during the holy month of Ramadan!!

The lack of foresight by the authorities is amazing. Ramifications for travellers that have already booked flights into and out of Morocco during the month of September are that they should expect to receive an email soon from their airline advising them of the change in flight schedules by plus/minus one hour as appropriate.

More on this as it develops....