Hotel Sidi Driss Matmata
Matama Ancienne Matmata, 6070, Tunisia
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Life in the Star Wars hotel
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 …
Movies
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 …
Star Wars
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 …
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Movings good
... from stuffing my life back into my backpack again, everything else about it feels good. I like going to the station - bus, train, or every so often an airport if I'm lucky- I like buying the ticket, I don't mind getting there early, quite the opposite in fact, I really like the waiting around, all the free time to do whatever. Waiting in a bus or train station or airport is some of the best waiting you can ...
Leaving Libya
... sides of the truck. We drove through some very pretty desert to Nalut - where there is a wonderful, old fortified granary where the local Berbers used to keep their produce – a bit like a bank where they could deposit grain and goods, trade it, make withdrawals etc. It's abandoned now but very picturesque – see the photos. We continued down to Gadames which is an interesting place. The old town (all made from mud bricks) is a maze of ...


