Tunisia

Tunisia, Part 5 of 5

In our previous blog we explored the area South of Sousse like the amphitheater of El Jem, the ancient city of Mahdia, and Monastir, a popular wintering hole for cruisers. Today we continue North towards Tunis and we decided to drive via Marina Yasmine Hammamet some 10 km South of Hammamet city.  Little did we […]

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Tunisia, Part 3 of 5

In our previous post we drove further South in Tunisia and deeper into  “Berber country”. We explored a few Ksars, especially Ksar Hadada where “The Phantom Menace”, a Starwars movie, was shot. In this post we will explore Toujane (A) and drive North, to Sousse (D) where we booked a room in Dar Badia for

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Tunisia, Part 2 of 5

In the previous post we sailed from Sicily to Bizerte in Tunisia, visited friends we know from Abu Dhabi en drove a rental car to Kairouan, Islam’s fourth holiest city. We continue driving South, deeper into Berber country. Chili peppers drying in the desert sun waiting to be milled in Bouhajla (D on the map

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