Hafsi Hotel Tozeur

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 ...

... accompanied by Berber youths. At one point I'm beckoned off my camel by a handsome man on a stallion and offered a ride on his horse. How could I resist?

We cross a huge salt lake on a causeway as the sun is setting, reaching our hotel in Tozeur. We’re very close to Algeria now, and looking forward to another day of desert and oasis adventures tomorrow.

... 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 ...

... 000 palm trees in this oasis. There are people living in the palmeraie, a variety of fruits and vegetables are grown there. The water comes out of the ground in a few places in Tozeur and there is a very developed irrigation system taking it by gravity around town and down to the palmeraie. Dinner in the evening was at a dinner-show where we saw traditionnal berber warriors, dances, arts, etc. Thurs Jul 31st -- Met our 4x4 driver at 830AM ...

... from England, who had visited him 5 times and eaten couscous in his home, and saw his photos of her. He offered to take us around the palmary on Monday for just 5 dinars, also an offer we couldn't refuse, and he made the time and place clear. In the evening, we returned to Dar Charaït, where we visited the stunning exhibition of Tunisian history, from the "Big Bang", cavemen times, through to many episodes from Tunisian history - Hanibal, Roman conquest, arrival of Arabs ...

... about, especially as a taxi was our only choice. There would be plenty of opportunities to haggle efficiently later! We arrived at a large, rather austere building which seemed very quiet - Residence El Arich. There can't have been many guests at this time of year. What pleased me was the sight of a big, sunny teracce outside, and a couple of people drinking coffee and smoking shisha in the sunshine, which we had come all this way to find (the sunshine, not the ...

... to take a dip. Would have been nice but it's their home, so I can't complain about it I suppose. Further on and within half a kilometre of the Algerian border lies the canyon oasis of Mides, another snaking gorge who's waters flow into Algeria's Saharan hinterland. Giant plates of striated rock have been eroded by the waters here to form a ...

... C3P0 wandered past the sun-baked skeleton, so we settled on a trip down to the chott so I could actually walk on it. Just a mirage-creating expanse of salt but pretty in its own way none the less. More dromadaires were mooching around on its fringes and an interesting Roman-era military post in the shape of a large bottle still stands on ...

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 ...