Blogs from Tunisia, Africa - page 26

As-salam 'alaykum! (a little Arabic for ya aka G'Day) Today we left Djerba headed to Tataouine, very excited as the photo's of this region are what made us decide on coming to Tunisia! We are entering the Ksour Region. First stop was Medenine which was pretty cool saw the ghorfas, although it rained when we arrived (not expected when so close to the Sahara!) but it didn't damper our enthusiasm. Climbed up onto the rooftops of the Ksar then headed off again on the road to Ksar Haddad which is another of the Ksour in the Tataouine. This was also made famous in Star Wars Phantom Menace - where Anakin Skywalker (Darth Vader) lived as a child. This was pretty cool, it used to be a hotel, but was closed down unfortunately as would have been ... read more

Last day in Tunis today before heading off down to El Jem, Gabes and then to Djerba! Taking our time to just wander around and shop in the Medina and take in the sights, sounds and smells of Tunis. Have really enjoyed the people and this place is such a mix of European and Arabic cultures and we are having fun making the Tunisians in the Medina guess our Nationality, mostly think we are Spanish, much to Iain's amusement, so we must go and shop!... read more

Today we arrived in Tunis early morning, after a long flight from Doha, Qatar. Our first funny experience was getting our Tourist Visa in Tunis Airport. As you can't get Tunisian Dinar anywhere but Tunisia, and we had to pay for the Visa with Dinar, Iain had to wangle his way through customs and imigration without his passport, in order to get to an ATM to get Tunisian Dinar to pay for the Visa. Then we had to wait for 1 hour to get the Visa, not that anyone tells you this at the time, but it was quite funny. Once we got our Visa, we headed outside the airport for a taxi. And the adventures of travelling began, with a driver offering us a taxi while we were walking outside to look for the taxi's ... read more

The epic tale about how I got to Tunisia Though this travel blog covers Tunisia out tale starts on a cold and stormy night in Salerno, Italy (well it wasn't cold and stormy, more bright, sunny and cheerful, but it adds to the effect doesn't it . . . right I'll stop now and get back to the story). When last we spoke our three intrepid explorers, Joel, Justin and myself, were happily travelling along the tourist path of Southern Italy. It was Monday the 31st of July and the day before we had found out that the ferry was not Sunday, it was today, this was but a minor hiccup in our tale, included only for factual accuracy. So today, Monday, we went down to the port to buy our tickets to Tunis, Tunisia. "I'm ... read more

Having been to Morocco the previous year, we knew we were fans of the North African holiday experience and decided that a trip to Tunisia would be right up our street. We had reckoned on good weather (we were right) and interesting sights (turned out to be even better than expected). And so in March 2006 we went for what was probably the best trip I have ever been on. Day 1 We started off by flying into Tunis, the capital city. I had had tonsillitis before leaving and was still feeling a bit ughy, but going away definitely helped to make that better! Upon arriving in Tunis we had to haggle straight away as the taxi drivers were trying to rip us off. We eventually managed to get in to town for 10 dinar (about ... read more