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Hotel Sidi Driss Matmata

Matama Ancienne Matmata, 6070, Tunisia

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10 - Just in case you didn't already know
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8 - The Hotel Sidi Driss, home of Luke Skywalker
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9 - Shannon looks down on the Hotel Sidi Driss
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Life in the Star Wars hotel

A travel blog entry by technotrekker

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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 …

Movies

A travel blog entry by uncle_davros

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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

A travel blog entry by willietanner

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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

A travel blog entry by nacrobat

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... 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

A travel blog entry by grahamandsarah

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... 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 ...