Assila

About an hour away from the dump that is Tangier is a small town named Assila. My program drove over in a giant tour bus and unloaded at the edge of the town. All 30 of us were herded around my a tour guide who only spoke Arabic (we were told it was Fus-ha but I bet it was really Amia because God knows this man doesn't have any real education).

Assila is located on the coast. This small town is completely foritfied with a stone wall. Inside the walls of this town are houses are all stone and connected. What makes this town unique is that all of the buildings are painted white with blue trim around the windows, doors, and from the base of the house up about four or five feet. This blue paint is supposed to ward of insects from coming into the house because of some mineral in the dye. This blue and white color scheme is pretty asthetically pleasing but the only drawback is the hot beating sun light that reflects off all the white paint and basically blinds you. After squinting for hours and hours I ended up with a headache, and some nice pictures.

Note to self: Wear sunglasses.