Hotel Sidi Driss Matmata
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Matama Ancienne Matmata, Tunisia, 6070, 05-230005-
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A long time ago, in a galaxy not so far away (sorry - had to be done), I was a young lad growing up in the era of the original Star Wars movies. One of my first fully-fledged memories (when I was 4 or so) was being taken to the cinema one fine day to see The Empire Strikes Back, which was enough to addict me to science fiction and the concept of travelling the stars ever since. I've seen Star Wars dozens of times, still have an almost complete collection of action figures kicking around somew...
Matmata, Tunisia technotrekker
The fun part of travelling, is the different sorts of transportation that you get to take. So far, we had been in a taxi, a louage, a bus, and now it was time to catch a train, as we were on our way to El Djem. Home of a massive coliseum, and also all of the scenes from The Life of Brian, that were filmed in the coliseum. We arrived at the train station early and waited for the train, but considering how the transport system works here, this does not mean that we can be guaranteed a seat. Onc...
El Djem, Tunisia uncle_davros
Like it or not, one of the things to do as a tourist in Tunisia is see some Star Wars sites. Alot of the original 1977 Star Wars was filmed in Tunisia (Luke was from the desert planet Tataooine, named after a town in Southern Tunisia) and some of the ****** later movies were too but I can't be bothered to remember or mention them. Though often presented in an ultra-tacky way, I felt some of the scenery and buildings were not to be missed. We weren't going to pay some guide to lead us around t...
Matmata, Tunisia willietannerTravel Blogs Nearby
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 today.
Matmata, Tunisia dgk
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 please.
... E non si fa fatica affatto a capirne il motivo... Il nostro albergo è una delle case troglodite meglio conservate (dice la guida), con stanzette e cunicoli scavati nella terra, veramente affascinante. Fra l'altro, la temperatura è decisamente elevata durante il giorno (siamo nel deserto, d'altronde), e dentro queste case si sta stupendamente al fresco. Che paese questa Tunisia... ma lo sapevo che sarebbe stato bello! Prima di ...
Matmata, Tunisia cavallette
... Yeah gods, imagine paying for three divorces if it went wrong. Maybe thats why the houses were underground, you could just give them all a spade and leave them to it. and how would you chose which one to take to the wife swapping party...... I digress stay on topic.) We left the big city and went bush, or the Tunisian ...
Matmata, Tunisia mikeandfi
... making maize, and an elderly gentleman resting in the courtyard. The photo on the right is taken from above, looking down into the home... how weird is it to say that! On the way out of Matmata we stopped again briefly ...
Matmata, Tunisia sianeth
... early in the morning, and stopped in a hillside village and then we were able to visit a troglodyte home (a home that is made up of man made caves built into the mountains in desert). We stopped breifly at a viewing area on the road where we were able to survey the vast expanse of mountains around us. We got into Gabes just in time to catch the train back to Tunis.
Matmata, Tunisia chelsea2008
Hair: 70s Mophead Beard: Obi Wan Distance Driven: 12,050km Frame of Mind: Kid in a Candy Shop I am at the Lars family homestead on Tatooine, actually about 100km from the real town in a place called Matmata. The place where Luke Skywalker grew up. I have my own little troglodyte cave to sleep in and I am an excited little bunny. I can't stop humming random snippets of John Williams (I don't always ...
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