Hotel Majestic Tunis

... and the train was clean, comfy, and pretty much on time. Apart from one small issue that we couldn't fathom... printed on our outbound tickets was a departure time of 9.35, yet the train that passed through the station at that time neglected to stop, leaving us confused, and with no option but to wait for the 9 ...

... We wandered around the Medina (the old city was built within great brick walls with cobblestone streets and narrow, winding alleys.. it now contains a mix of stores and restaurants and houses). I didn't take many pictures because I read everywhere that Tunisians are offended by having their pictures taken.. which I later discovered wasn't really very true. We were tired but excited to see the rest of the country!

... this type of entertainment in Iowa and they were all about it. Needless to say I was not all about it and I quickly grabbed my towel, shut the window and got dressed with half of my body still soapy. All I could hear was nonstop giggling and I was hoping that since the show was done they would go back to their rooms. No such luck. I tried to wait them out a few minutes but they weren't going to give me a clear path out of there. I just had to ...

... the head-between-the-knees crash position that our RyanAir flight to Sicily inspired us to practice). Our time in Tunisia was not without its challenges, but ultimately rewarding. There is a laid-back Mediterranean feel to the country that is completely at odds with the street-level kineticism, in which everybody seems to be going somewhere or nowhere and, as a tourist, you don't have to move very quickly, but you must keep ...

... privacy so highly that most homes are obscured by flat white concrete walls built right up to the road, so that driving around in neighborhoods here is like driving through a giant maze of blind corners. You can't see much of the homes behind these walls, but the ones we've visited are incredibly nice. We happened to visit right at one of the very important Muslim holidays, Aid el Kabir ,when they honor the sacrifice of Abraham. Willing to lay down the life of ...

... narrow, partially covered laneways. And after seeing the Big Ben-like clocktower in the more modern part of town I'd seen just about all the sights of Tunis centrale. On to the main show - Carthage. Carthage lies maybe 8km from Tunis along the TGM (light rail) line. It was the capital of the Carthaginian empire which was founded by the ...

... je me suis enrichi culturellement. Fascinant et complexe le Moyen-Orient et comme je dirais, maudit qu'on a pas de problèmes chez nous. Profitons-en pour en faire plus, je dis. Note finale culturelle : voir Kingdom of Heaven ici donne toute une autre saveur a ce film en apparence épique mais dans le fond très politique sur la guerre en Irak et les relations Occident-Orient.

... we could tuck into a tasty chicken dish with all the trimmings. Back at the hotel we said a toast over a glass of wine to our safe and comfortable arrival in the city of Tunis - pity the president couldn't make it to greet us. Victor about to tuck in.. _______________________________________ ____________________ 16 Nov, Wednesday Start point: Tunis city tour First stop ...

... ich gehemmt, die Stadt mit ihren zahlreichen Sehenswürdigkeiten kennen zu l**nen. Jed** Gang wird zum Spießrutenlauf und endet in Frustration. Mich in jedwelch** Form zu wehren, davor wurde mir wegen möglich** aggressiv** Reaktion eh** abg**aten; trotzdem sträubt sich mein Inn**es nach wie vor, d** Maxime "le chien aboie et la caravane passe" (Reaktion mit strikt** Ignoranz) statt zu geben anstatt mit ein** Reaktion einen kleinen Beitrag zur V**bess**ung d** Welt

In 1999 I took my first visit to Africa on holiday to Tunisia with my girlfriend at the time. We flew from Bristol to Tunis where we would be staying. We were staying in a hotel near the beach in a typically touristy part of Tunis. We did a few trips out and about of the hotel to local villages and deserts which was quite interesting but very touristy at the same time. I also managed to ride a camel for the first time which was not as hard as it ...