Arkham to Cairo
How long did it take to travel from Arkham to Cairo in the 1920s and 1930s, and what did it cost? In 1925: 16 days door to door, L. 14 700 in first class.
Passage computes it for Call of Cthulhu and any 1920s or 1930s tabletop campaign: pick two places and a date, and print the ticket the purser's clerk would have written.
The journey in 1925
- Getting to the port
- Arkham → Boston (by rail, about 1 h 30, estimate); Boston → New York (by rail, about 5 h, estimate); Port Said → Cairo (by rail, about 4 h 30, estimate)
- Embarkation
- New York
- Sailing
- Saturday 14 March 1925
- Steamer
- S.S. Tirreno · Tirrena · Genoa – Naples – New York
- Calls
- Naples, Genoa
- via
- Gibraltar
- Arrival
- Cairo, Monday 30 March 1925
- Door to door
- 16 days
- Fare · First Class
- L. 14 700
- Fare · Second Class
- L. 9 400
- Fare · Tourist Third Cabin
- L. 6 450
- Fare · Third Class
- L. 4 500
Transfer at Genoa to the Oranje-Indië Line
The journey in 1933
- Getting to the port
- Arkham → Boston (by rail, about 1 h 30, estimate); Boston → New York (by rail, about 5 h, estimate); Alexandria → Cairo (by rail, about 3 h 30, estimate)
- Embarkation
- New York
- Sailing
- Saturday 16 September 1933
- Steamer
- S.S. Adriatico · Tirrena · Genoa – Naples – New York
- Calls
- Naples
- via
- Gibraltar
- Arrival
- Cairo, Sunday 1 October 1933
- Door to door
- 15 days
- Fare · First Class
- L. 6 500
- Fare · Tourist Class
- L. 2 800
- Fare · Third Class
- L. 1 910
Transfer at Naples to the Oranje Air
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