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Hotel Tej Tunis

14, Rue Lt. Med. Aziz Taj Tunis, 1001 , Tunisia

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Carthage

A travel blog entry by nacrobat

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... Roman general Scipio levelled the site and symbolically sowed salt over it to prevent anything from ever growing there again, and even that I just read may have been a myth.

Today, Carthage is Tunis' toniest and most exclusive suburb and aside from it's grand history, it's nice to just meander around the port area, Byrsa Hill and all the grand, white mansions of Tunis' wealthy.

So on a hot, sunny day what better to do then, than ...

Africa, Tunisian Style

A travel blog entry by sachanicole

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... Very tasty and our first healthy meal in what felt like forever!

For the next couple of days we hung out with the family to relax and catch up. But for as much chatting as we did, we also seemed to eat quite a bit too. Okay, maybe a lot. One reason was because they knew their way around town. The other reason is that they brought snacks from the States to tide them over. Here’s a sampling of our culinary achievements in Tunis:

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What would Brad Pitt do?

A travel blog entry by mtinot

... world country: falling down buildings, tin shacks, random goats, fruit stalls, guys on the corner of the street selling bread, cigarettes, whatever, laundry blowing in the wind and above all garbage everywhere. Once out of town it is beautiful. Fields of olive trees growing out of what looks like red clay.  Lots of sheppards with their flocks, donkeys, the occasional emaciated cow.  Farm houses alternating ...

Civitavecchia to Tunis by Ferry

A travel blog entry by london_to_ct

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... the ferry to ensure that we weren’t late. We had about a four hour wait before we could board. Our lodgings consisted of 2 bunk beds in a cramped room, but there was a private bathroom and electricity, and for that we were very grateful. We took the opportunity to get all our admin out the way, charging computers, camera batteries etc and then made our way onto the deck for our first fines meeting of the trip.

Things started relatively slowly with ...

Tunis, Tunisia

A travel blog entry by danharriet

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... ancient city of Carthage. We first stopped at a modern restaurant for lunch. It was a feast of different Tunisian foods. It was good, but during the time that we were at lunch the clouds had changed and a light drizzle was starting to fall. The cool day now was a cool, rainy day. But that didn't deter us as we were heading back in history to the ancient city of Carthage. We would view one section of the old city where the ancient baths were located. It was on the seacoast ...