Donia Sfax

... the elegant Le Mediterranee restaurant in Port El Kantaoui, with a several-course meal which delights, but puts us behind schedule. We opt to omit our visit to Monastir, another coastal city, so as not to arrive past closing at the Roman coliseum of El Djem. We clamber around the various levels of this impressive edifice in the light of the ...

... yankee ho ovviamente finto di sapere tutto). Quello che siamo andati a vedere noi, Ksar Hallouf appunto, è splendido, semi restaurato e attualmente sede di un ostello (un filo spertano forse, ma dev'essere uno spettacolo dormire li). Le foto parlano da sole credo...
Per la serata invece abbiamo optato per le isole Kerkennah, posto da turismo locale, assolutamente tranquillo e bellissimo. Se siamo fortunati domani ci scappa anche un bagnetto!

... them. Many of you might be thinking these were old mattresses, wrong, these were new ones. Someone must have got a huge back hander for this purchase. We could only sleep by laying all of the blankets in the room plus extras on the beds and sleeping in our inner liners from the sleeping bags. Kind of funny the next day......

... town. Trivia for the day: the word AFRICA is derived from the "Afri" tribe of people that the Romans met when they invaded this area in the second century B.C. As the Romans expanded their empire to include much of modern-day Tunisia, they began to refer to the area as "Africa," and the name then became used to describe all of the Roman conquered areas of north Africa. 500 years later, the entire continent was referred to as Africa.

... Dinner is a tortured affair, with me serving as order-taker. Even after I get the orders for all three courses I have to go back because some of the things on our menu are not available. The group is excellent, as we get through a very long day with a skipped cocktail hour and a very late dinner, with very little in the way of complaining. One good thing about not having internet access in my room is that I get right to bed and have a good night's rest. Hugs, Dan

... trying to separate these guys - both drivers and passengers! Well, there was more action that at the cinema! For some reason, the car later stopped at the side of the road, and we had to get into another one, but at last we reached Sfax, and saw how the industrial city spread out over the coast. A short taxi-ride and we reached the planned Hotel Thyna, with its excellent location near to the main gate of the medina. The lobby was beautiful, and ...

... and almost as loud as sleeping in a discoteque. In all, I really liked the place in spite of all this. The room was terrible, but the guy at the reception desk was great. The actual decor/architecture of the building was cute. And the location was great--right in the middle of it all. Our one full day in Sousse got off to a rough start when we spent 2 frustrating hours buying boat ...

... waiting, I manage to put down another two Capusins. Somehow, our man oversold the seats, so a little argument unfolded. A few push and shoves happened, and then we were on our way back to the gare in Sfax. Once there, back into the crowd we went. Gabsa, Gabsa Gabsa. Sousse, Sousse, Sousse. Djerba, Djerba, Djerba. That man was our new *****. We dumped our bags, bought some tickets, and celebrated in the only way how that I knew. Two Capusins. We sat for quite a while. We ...

Hotel Ennasr rue des Notaires Sfax - 25 Tunisian dinars per night - walk-in - no breakfast - same room we had in 2005! Although the price had almost doubled. - clean, twin beds, blankets supplied - communal clean bathroom - hot water shower - great location within the medina - staff do not speak english. Arabic and french only. - great views from roof top which is also a great place to chill and read

... of urine, but it's a male dominated arabic country. I expect that kind of thing. Sfax is a great place and the people are friendly. Lots of people say bon jour, hello, ciao, guten morgen and any other language they know to greet you. They are mighty impressed when you pull out the big guns though - salaam alaikum!! I thought when the guy said poulet cous cous he mean some chicken with a bit of cous cous but we got a small salad to ...