It seemed exciting and Baghdad seemed a magnificent city. I was shocked the next day. It is a wreck, full of rubble and decay. It is a beautiful old city in ruins. The infrastructure is severely damaged.
Electricity goes out periodically.
We have to use flashlights at night. You can't drink the water. You have to carry basics with you, your own towels, sheets, and toilet paper. The reason the country is in this condition is complicated. Iraq invaded neighboring Kuwait in 1990.