Visit the town of Smara

The cape medieval sailors called the point of no return.

Ancient fortified towns of the Mzab.

A walled Silk Road city preserved whole — minarets, madrasas and mud walls glowing at dusk.

Ancient Saharan town of desert libraries.

Swahili island town of donkeys, dhows and carved doorways.

White dunes meeting the Atlantic.

Vast lagoon between desert and sea.

The Sunday livestock market and the Id Kah mosque, the Silk Road oasis where China meets Central Asia.