Tunisia Palace
Tunis, 510610, Tunisia
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The Gypsy Kid and a Balkan Mess
... the night to were actually really good covers of everything from The Doors to Motorhead and Judas Priest to Elvis and Jerry Lee Lewis. Their band is called "Back Door" in homage to The Doors. I told them if they ever come to tour the states they might want to consider changing their name otherwise they might end up getting booked at some venues that lean a little more heavily to the techno side of things, if you know what I'm saying.
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Mid-day at the oasis …
Send your camel to bed. But he didn't want to go – it wasn’t till the handler said quite firmly: "Down Ali Baba" that Camel Hussein (pronounced camelle hussarn) finally went down on his knees and let me get off. I think he was enjoying our stroll along the wharf. He was a lovely, sweet boy – he posed for his photo (had to wait quite a while because Philip was yakking to one of the other guys) - and let me pat ...
The Ramadan Special
... which is absolutely gorgeous. Following the tradition of Tunisian hospitality, they also offer glasses of mint tea, which was delicious. The family was multi-lingual and very welcoming and the house was very interesting. After a few hours, I returned to Tunis and rested for a while before heading out to the medina again. I walked past the mosque right as the muezzin was giving the call to prayer. It was an indescribably cool moment as I pushed past crowds of people in a ...
Without new experiences, something inside sleeps
... A policeman is in charge of the queues which means everything takes twice as long. Get tickets. Find a mobile police station and wait again, for 20 or so minutes after the 5 the policeman promised. Start off in the general queue but the moment he says “red passports” charge to the front. Queue. Again. Now sun is up and apart from battling the heat you battle the Italian “ladies” who try to get in front. Being British this is no problem. Use your ...
France vs. Africa
... and welcome respite from the shops, although as non-Muslims we were only permitted to enter the courtyard area of the Mosque. From there you could see the minaret and into a couple of the prayer rooms, but it was quite hard to really appreciate it all without being able to walk around. Then out of the ...



