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The Atlas meets the Sea
... a poor country compared to the US or Europe, but the food and water seems safe, there was nothing I could not eat or drink here, for fear it would make me sick, or have I already developed an iron stomach? Well, come here and find out for yourself and let me know what you find.
One more night here, today I was hiking all day, it's all I can do to get out for dinner and after that I'm glad I can hit the sack.
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Local Customs
... fixed check points, inside or outside of city limits, and around important buildings (i.e. airport).
You know exactly when one of these stations is close, because everyone secures their seatbelt, only to undo it as soon as the control is over. Now these points in your travel are the least dangerous, really, you don't have much need for this safety measure, you roll through the roadblock at walking speed, you would easily survive any crash.
The most ...
Storm chasers
... a path across an open field, leaving everything unharmed.
Passing the border early in the evening we drove into Tunisia straight away. Very soon the rain picked up and we didn't want to stop to set up camp. Honestly, we weren't even sure that the tents could handle the strong gusts we were experiencing. So we kept driving after dark. Unlike Algeria it was safe to drive after dark here in Tunisia. So we quickly caught up with the schedule we had been falling behind ...
Up on the highlands
Today we turned southwards, moving up to the highlands. The landscape changed again, driving through dried up river valleys and vast grass plateaus. The valleys offered a variety of trees and more of the red soil we had seen so much of. For the Skåne natives in our group, the plateaus offered view reminding of home. It was flat whichever direction we looked all the way to the horizon, where mountain chains towered up. Between us and the mountains, shepards watched ...
Annaba to Constantine
... in the room and a bidet (with no water) –we would just have to improvise as best we could.
As we went out to explore, we noticed that there was more women around than in Annaba. All the cafes were still filled exclusively by men, but there were plenty of clothes shops for women and many of the younger ones went without headscarves. It may just have been us but the atmosphere seemed less edgy than Annaba and everybody seemed friendly ...