Tunis
Travel Blogs from Tunis, Tunisia
Resort break in Tunis
He Said: We flew from Casablanca to Tunis, Tunisia yesterday evening. What a trial that was! I don't think my descriptive powers are quite vivid enough to paint an accurate picture of the situation so I am going to defer to Katie to give the full ...
Moseying through mosaics and final words on Tunis
... people were very friendly and quite hospitable in every way. We never felt threatened, harassed, or cheated (except by cabbies). Tunisia hardly seems like a Muslim nation. Alcohol is sold everywhere, very few women are in full veil, and most people ...
Birds Galore
So after resting up from our travels we went into Tunis (which is where I posted the quick post about arriving safely). We later enjoyed a tour around the medina from a man named Farouq who showed us the view from the top of a carpet building which used ...
Africa
... internet cafe (plus the kids have been waiting while we try and figure out our next move) We arrived safley in Tunisia and are planning to leave Tunis tomorrow morning to head south to Zarzis or Jerba. Once we settle in I will try to locate a computer ...
Nothing Else Matters.
... . So I have to be careful. At least I had done little or no additional planning. I knew practically nothing about Tunisia. Hannibal, Phoenicians, El Jem, The Bardo Museum, Carthage, beach resorts and about 98% Muslims. Popular with French tourists I ...
Is there any place these guys didn't go?
... as well too... Walked briskly back to the train for another short jaunt and then long haul with bags and the final train to Tunis and back to the Historic Hotel Russie. Today we had a local guide who took us around the Bardo Museum which was filled ...
Tunis: home of Hannibal then sown with salt
... want to hear that you've already had 6 beers tonight. At least the last customs guy said a friendly 'Welcome to Tunisia!' From there everything improved immensely. Nice sleep in a flashy 3 star hotel and then into the World Heritage-listed ...
Tunisia, the prologue
... Iriver 40 gig MP3 players for all our music, movies and episodes of Nip/Tuck, and loads of power adaptors !!! Overkill, never !!! Now, Tunisia as a place, might not be the most exciting of places for some, but we are here for the Roman ruins, and also ...
The Last Bit of Tunisia
... TGM stop and loads of hotels. We found one that suited our requirements and then took a walk up to the medina. It's the biggest in Tunisia, and use to be surrounded by walls, but they were blown up a long time ago. There are a few gates remaining, and the ...
The last of the ruins
Leaving Djerba was quite sad, but sometimes, no eventually, you have to move on, and as we were only in Tunisia for two weeks, we had to get to Tunis. Seeing that we had caught a train once before, we found out that there was a train leaving Gabse, and it ...
An Escape
... , we made our way to the customs desk and joined the lines of people, wanting in. Evenually, it became my turn. Now in Tunisia, they generally speak two languages. French and Arabic. Now I do know a little more French than Arabic, so I hit the customs guy ...
CRASH AND BURN BABY
WOO what a night let me tell you thats the last time I test anally induced laxatives for the goverment. I must have been out for about 5 days now and when I look at my phone I have a shit load of messages from Lauren. Nothing important just the usual ...
2.01 - Tunis, Tunisia
... Not me. I knew there were some in France and a few other places in Western Europe. But North Africa? Tunisia? Anyway, it was pretty amazing, beautiful and terrifying like a lot of cemeteries, but amplified this time by the fact ...
Haggling in Tunisia
It's funny to haggle with the Tunisians in their markets, but Tunis disappointed me a little... it's dirty, have an strange smell like a mixture of spices and sweat... there just a few places to visit and they are so careless with their highlights... but ...
Traveling to Tunisia
Today we flew from Marrakech to Casablanca, then changed planes and flew to Tunis, Tunisia, on the other side of Africa. Last night we said goodbye to everyone at Anayela - Sandra, Badr, Abdu, and Medi. We had one more dinner in the Magic Carpet room ...
Ania exploring Tunis
... commission. If you then don't buy as expected they can get very unpleasant. There are, howerer, exceptions. 3) Hotel Abou Nawas Tunis - although I'm not sure there is anything better in the city, we were rather disappointed with this highly rated 5-star ...
Punk ass bitches, Big ass hoes
this was one weekend i was not gonna forget! started off on fri night in a gayfest 06 orgy, including drugs, alcohol and a whole lotta hairy ass! i woke in a pool of beans and seamen in the back alley of McDonalds whilst watchin 8 midgets spank a ...
Day 89 - Name That Tunis
... new world, strong, fruity and perfect for you Dad). I'll certainly be back here in Tunisia at some point...there are plenty more Starwars sights to see! By 2:30 on the 90th day of my travels I had left Tunis, Tunisia and Africa behind ...
France vs. Africa
... to eat, or just chill out, and it was quite high up so you could start to see out over Tunis. One of our favourite things about Tunisia was the wonderfully decorative doors. Two streets linking the Mosque and the Dar Ben Abdallah Museum, the Rue ...
Civitavecchia to Tunis by Ferry
... Sicily and were stuck on board in 40C heat for 6 hours before we were on our way again. We arrived in Tunis at 6pm, hoping by some miracle that Tunisia would be like the last 4 borders we went through. Boy were we to be disappointed. The first section of ...
Tunis and Sidi Bou Said
... French will make it easier to find your way out. A fun day included a short train ride( about 20 km) from Tunis to Sidi Bou Said on Tunisia's north coast. It is a quaint, arty city of blue and white. Walking the narrow, cobbled streets of the ...
Yet another $2 travel adventure
... ; Indeed, there were the absolute must haves such as dried scorpions carefully mounted in plastic frames, stuffed camels with Tunisia emblazoned across their humps and silver trays waiting to tarnish as soon their new owners took possession. ...
Whispers of the Medina
... I'll send another email when I finally do post the actual writing. Love to all. -Chels) Today in brief: We arrived in Tunisia! It's warm and busy and a little dirty, but very exciting. We wandered around the Medina (the old city was built within ...
Tunis Tunisia
... of the premiere Mediterranean cities, founded in ancient trade, travel and warfare from the original uber-urban Carthage. 2010 Tunis is the capitol of Tunisia, a Muslim (uh…) democracy with a population of about 20 million people, 20% of whom ...
Tunis and the north coast
... for the crossing and made my way onto the ferry. With little messing about we were soon on the open sea heading towards Tunisia. A big ship, with a handful of passengers and some rather rough seas. Not sure what to expect on arrival at the ferry port - I ...
Mid-day at the oasis …
... visit to a different souk. We learned a few Arabic words, a bit about the history, politics, religions, culture and economy of Tunisia (pronounced Tun eaz sha) interspersed with visits to the chechiens/fez (hat) souk, silk and camel wool carpet souk (with ...
Tunis & the blue doors of Sidi Bou Said
We rode the local train from a small station near Hammamet to Tunis, the capital city of Tunisia. Saw the incredible Roman mosaics in their history museum and then met Sophie Thibault, the French exchange student who stayed with my family more than twenty ...
