Hotel Kousseila Matmata
Matmata Ancienne Matmata, 6070, Tunisia
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Movings good
... dwellings of Matmata and the city of Tataouine, both which figure prominently in Star Wars' lore as Luke's desert home...also will check out ksour, the ancient structures that best typifies Berber architecture and a few other cool things in the area. Home base for now is Gabes, nothing too exciting here except for what I hope will be the amazing palmerie which I`ll go visit tomorrow.
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Leaving Libya
... in the presence of such high-level technology was all a bit of a mind-boggling experience! We also went for a walk through the old town Medina which came to life in the early evening with the narrow alleyways thronging with people and wares for sale, as well as having big screen TVs showing the world cup, so we caught a bit of footie while we were having a nice meal.
Then there was a long drive in searing temperatures, getting sand blasted through ...
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away
... arrived at uncle Owen and aunt Beru's home. Turning around we saw the table where Luke barely sat down for dinner before he went back to the droids.
We took in the atmosphere and voiced out a smattering of lines from the movies. When we had tired of it we moved along to other similar dwellings where the berbers actually had lived for a long time. Whilst it had been an interesting experience, we decided it wasn't ...
Sand in your ...
Well what a day. We drove in 4x4 to an oasis in the Sahara. Arrived in time to swim in the hot spring which was actually cooler than the air temp. At dusk we went on a camal trek into the dunes. K was terrified for about 10 mins and then was a pro (by her own estimation). It was blowy and we were well wrapped. Pics are on K s camera so I will put those up later. Off to Douz ...
Outskirts of Sahara
Imagine...they have internet in the Sahara.
Currently we are sleeping in a cave or old berber house as it is locally known. K is in heaven of course. I will attempt to upload pics soon. Off to Sahara proper tomorrow.
It is f...ing hot. 42 today.
We are having a fab time ...
Mel could you post the link to blog on Centre peel and ESL TEACHERS conf ...


