Flying acrobats and a lone beribboned female dancer recalled the grottos of Dunhuang, painted in the Wei and Tang dynasties when camel caravans plied the Silk Road.
The term caravan was used to describe groups of people who travelled together across the ancient network for safety reasons, such as merchants, travellers or pilgrims.
But that didn't seem like enough, so they organized a caravan, and sweet-talked their way past red tape and checkpoints, and when they finally saw what Lahaina looks like for the first time, they wept.
The word " caravanserai" is a combination of the Persian words " karvan" , which means a group of travellers or a caravan, and " saray" , a palace or enclosed building.
A perfect example of southern Moroccan architecture, the city used to serve as a critical stop along the caravan route between Sudan and Marrakech where traders and their camels could refuel.