Caravanserail Hotel Nefta

Our day of adventures in Tozeur begins with a short walk to the nearby museum of folk arts and traditions, where we see depictions of Tunisian life throughout history. Afterwards six of the group members take an exciting jeep trip into the desert to see the Star Wars set of Mos Isley on the planet Tatooine. Since I experienced this adventure last year, I use the time to go shopping in the medina of Tozeur. One of the ...

We get an early start from the hotel in order to be at the famous La Ghriba Synagogue at the 9am opening. Of course, the man with the keys is 10 minutes late, but we walk through the village and talk with some school children on their way to classes.

Continuing to Douz, we experience one of the highlights of the tour – riding camels into the Sahara ...

... E per un istante ritorna la voglia di vivere a un'altra velocità passano ancora lenti i treni per Tozeur. (F. Battiato) Ed eccoci qui, faticosamente approdati a Tozeur dopo una giornatina da 500km. Siamo sbarcati ieri dal traghetto tardissimo, dopo una giornata passata a sballottolare fra le onde. Non paghi del ritardo, abbiamo dovuto fare una trafila infinita alla dogana (stile Asterix.. tagliando verde seconda porta terzo piano, bollino rosa prima ...

The computers here are insanely slow and I'm not allowed to upload the pictures I've got! I 've written all the entries from the last one up till now, but alas, they're on a USB card too (used ethan's phone to type them out so that I wouldn't have to spend ages in an internet cafe). They're coming, don't worry. We're safe and everything's wonderful. I have lots of pictures and stories. We're off on our desert excursion tomorrow to the Grand ...

(NOTE: I've had WAY less internet access than I thought I would.. haven't been able to transcribe my written journals and post them, but I thought I'd just post the pictures to satisfy you guys for the moment. Keep sending me emails though! I'll send another email when I finally do post the actual writing. Love to all. -Chels) Today in brief: we spent ...

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 qui nous proposait un depart en 4x4... On a saute sur l occasion car en ete les excursions dans le desert sont bcp plus rares qu en hiver... On a saute ...

SMS da Manolo: "Domani saremo a Tozeur. Oggi tentato una pista. Insabbiati forte! Spalato sabbia con 60 gradi. Infernale. Saluti, Manolo" SMS from Manolo: "Tomorrow will be at Tozeur. Today tried a runway. Insabbiati strong! Split sand with 60 degrees. Greetings, Manolo" Continue on www.weloveliving.it

Wed Jul 30th -- Arrived Tozeur by 3PM. Tozeur is an oasis in the desert. We checked-in at our hotel and planned the rest of the day with the clerk at the desk who was very helpful. First thing first ... we went swimming in a nice pool at Cafe Neefa, the water was cool, believe me we needed this treat. Then we went do a carriage ride though the "Palmeraie". which is where palm trees have been cultivated for the last 600 years, there are about ...

... the Phantom Menace movie that has been abandoned to the elements 30km north of Tozeur. Bordered by extensive sand dunes, much of it is showing the inevitable wear of the desert, but as the pics show it hasn't crumbled to oblivion yet. Chicken wire pokes through the sand coloured composite that was used to replicate sand walls. Inside it is ...

Five or six days of not really feeling well at all is hopefully coming to an end. Whatever I got/ate in Sousse pretty much dehydrated me and not drinking nearly enough water didn,t help. I was in pretty rough shape by the time we got to Tozeur. Rebeca got the hotel to get a doctor and he prescribed a bunch of things to rehydrate me back to some sort of normal. I still feel like **** but at least on the getting better end.
We did the best thing yesterday. We booked a trip to go ...