Aït Benhaddou

In the morning of our last day in North Africa we stopped at Aït Benhaddou, a massive Kasbah used as the set for many movies, and a major tourist stop. It’s also still inhabited. Talk about weirdness. We walked around gawking, with the other tourists, trying to not end up walking into someone’s living room, and not knowing the signs to recognize when we were likely to do that. It was hot, like, Sahara Desert hot, and Ria was cranky, the worst behavior of the trip. Our guide spoke pathetic English, so we learned almost nothing of the history of the place. We gave up, headed out, and cranked up the AC in the car, vowing to never go to the must-see place again.