Tunisia
Travel Blogs from Tunisia
Tunisia baby!
... the entire flight, which was surprisingly short - only three hours to Monastir. On landing, we were told by the pilot that Tunisia also observed Daylight Saving Time, and therefore we were now one hour ahead of British time. So we changed our clocks ...
Tunis - Tunez
Llegamos a Africa! Despues de un dia entero en ferry desde Italia finalmente cruzamos el Mediterraneo para empezar nuestro tour islamico. Lamentablemente llegamos en el medio de Ramadan y no habia nada para comer!! Ayuno hasta las 9pm! Ojo despues ...
Time off in Tunisia
As soon as we stepped foot off the jetway and saw the signs in Arabic script, we knew that Tunisia would be a very different experience than anything before. The wait for our luggage to show up on the belt was nearly as long as the flight itself, a ...
The Sahara
Having secured out trek to the Sahara south of Tozeur, we woke up early in order to buy provisions for the long drive into the desert. Our destination, Ksar Ghilane is about 100km into the Sahara and, it being summer, we expected that vast amounts of ...
Last night in Tunisia
Just an opportunity to post more pics. This town is 30km from the border, nothing special. You'll be glad to know, we have booked into a nice hotel tonight, at Petra's order. Tomorrow Libya!!! ...
Here's a pic of where you can eat during daylight
Tunisia I realized I didn't give you guys a map and flag for my stop in this really neat place so here they are. Better late than never, right? I also wanted to show you a picture of what you look for when you want to eat or ...
The Golden Girls
My 7th floor Parisian penthouse turned out to have a million dollar view of the neighborhood that made my way overpriced for what you get stay there a little nicer at least. It was time to take a much needed shower to wash away all that city grime ...
TWO DAYS IN TUNISIA
Pictures for "Hypertravel: 100 Countries in 2 Years (Backpackers' Guide to the World and the Soul)" by Hardie Karges, more info available at ...
camels
POLSKI: Wyskoczylam na gangway w krotkich spodenkach, i juz po 15 sekundach wiedzialam, dlaczego moj team sie ze mnie smieje. To nie Karaiby! O tej porze roku nie ma tu 30 stopni Celsjusza w cieniu... Musialam wrocic do kabiny i przebrac sie w ...
Tunisian beaches!
... Tunisians don't drink beer. Our waiter at the bar for the Hotel Karawan is another good reason not to drink beer in Tunisia, but that's another story :) Tomorrow we return to Italy. Tunisia has been great and we've talked alot about how we'd ...
Ksar Guilane - Sahara Dessert
Pese a todos los pronosticos nos adentramos en el desierto con la peugeot partner.... habia solo arena y mas arena. Cuando llegamos a Ksar Ghilane (un oasis de pelicula) le tuvimos que ceder el volante a un beduino que se bajo del camello para domar las ...
Into the desert
... built out of the surrounding desert and little else. We also took some shade and walked through Tozeur's palmyrae, the second largest in Tunisia. Despite all of these trees, we managed to not eat a single date on this day or any other while in ...
Going to 'Nisia'
... and the sun warmed us to 20 + degrees and the beach camels and horses came out! We were able to do some touring about Tunisia. First to a neighbouring village by camel for Ted and Aidan and horse and calèche for Isla and Jan. Aidan was fine on the ...
Tunis
... in Tunisia, though we didn't know it yet) but that it was far more expensive than what we wanted from a restaurant in Tunisia. We didn't travel to Northern Africa taking overnight trains and boats (and airports for that matter!) for fine dining. No! We ...
Star Wars
... Alot of the original 1977 Star Wars was filmed in Tunisia (Luke was from the desert planet Tataooine, named after a town in Southern Tunisia) and some of the crappy later movies were too but I can't be bothered to remember or mention them. Though often ...
Matmata Star Wars and Dirt Wars
Photo Essay mainly. Matmata. or the town of sunken houses. Not to be confused with the Matamata in central New Zealand, acknowledged hotbed and centre of rural wifeswapping. (It was in an Auckland magazine so it must be true) No wife ...
More Mosaics and Colossal Structures
Photo Essay of Mosaics- worth looking at, they say they are the best outside of the Vatican..... and the most amazing Coliseum in the world. Well I thought so. Also the location of Hotel Splendide, the most inappropriately named hotel with the ...
Tunis et Carthage
Voici quelques photos de Tunis...la capitale de la Tunisie ainsi que de Carthage, site de vestiges romains et puniques... Un peu d histoire: La civilisation carthaginoise ou civilisation punique est une civilisation à l'origine de l'une des ...
Djerba... El Jem et Hammamet
Voici nos photos de notre passage sur l ile de Djerba, plus precisement a Houmt Souk... il a fait encore beau et chaud mais tout de meme pas mal moins chaud que dans le desert! Top 5 Ile de Djerba 1) Souper au ...
Travelling to Benghazi
What can I say 8 hours in a bus. 3 stops, I am sick of Cheese and bananas and bread but I am too wary to eat roadside meat. Refrigeration seems to be a random thing and I don't fancy running into the desert....... Images: Desert, camels and an ...
Tunis on Blood Oranges
A quick trip down the hill and we were here. Short marker post until I get the full story ...
Le grand sud!! Et le Sahara
Le grand sud!! Et le Sahara Tozeur, Douz, Khzar Ghilane, Tataouine (oui oui!) et Matmata Nous nous sommes alles faire une excursion de deux jours dans le desert... En se levant a Gabes on a passe un coup de fil a une agence de la ville Tozeur ...
Kairouan Photo Essay Only
Posts are getting difficult to catch up with so this one is a Photo essay only. ...
Une semaine de vacance en Tunisie
Nous avons decide de se payer la traite et d opter pour un tout inclus pour notre premiere semaine en Tunisie. En fait, c etait presqu aussi economique que de prendre le vol aller et de loger dans des hotels non classes. Ca nous a ...
