Now it is almost week after me and Davy left this sandy North African country. It was the first time for me to put my feet on the African continent. And my gosh it was different. I have been travelling a lot. Been all the way to San Francisco and sailing around the Golden Gate Bridge , had picknic in Central Park in New York, being to a village party in South of France but this was so much different. People, culture, environment, colours... We landed on the Tunisian island Djerba which is on the south east coast of the country. [View Full Entry]

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Och jag är tillbaka i bloggrike. Fast ut i öknen kom jag inte den här gången. Min kompis Caroline skulle ha varit med på resan och gjort egna reportage, men världens bästa Johan, Carolines man, skadades allvarligt i en bilolycka på Irland. Olyckan inträffade dan innan Caroline och jag skulle åka. Allt ställdes på ända, det kändes nästan som om livet om inte tog slut, så i alla fall tog en paus. Chock och sorg, massor av oro och snabba beslut. Caroline åkte till sjukhuset i Belfast med första bästa flyg, där är hon fortfarande, Johan lever men är skadad, ena [View Full Entry]

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This is a story about my trip to Tunisia. After having said goodbye to Hel and Scott in Agrigento i made my way up the coast (via Selinute) to Trapani to catch my Ferry to Tunisia on the 4th. I meet up with 2 Aussie blokes on the boat (Henry & Andrew) and they were kind enough to lend me there guide book to Tunisia so i could suss out a plan of action when i got to Tunis. I was getting quite excited about all the things i was going to be able to see over the next week- Carthage, [View Full Entry]

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In February this year I was sitting in a lecture room on a big red boat crossing the Drake passage and one of the first questions we were asked was this... "How many people here are visiting Antarctica because it is your seventh continent?" Well, I suddenly realised that during all my previous trips it was something I had never actually considered, and later that evening in our cabin, myself and new cabin mate Sally spent some time trying to figure out just exactly how many continents we had both travelled and what was left. Even so , this year was [View Full Entry]

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I will be hopping in the Tardis soon to head back east towards home, but on the way I have had an exciting few days taking a detour to the sands of the Sahara desert in Tunisia. Sand to see for miles, salt plains, olive trees, sand, date palms, more than one oasis (what is the plural for that anyway- oasiss, oases, oasis's?????), naturals springs and waterfalls, a ride on a camel, markets, shisha pipes, apple tea, sand, mint tea, roman ruins, old berber towns, old WW2 tanks and jeeps left behind. Did I mention lots of sand, fantastic food, some [View Full Entry]

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Today checked out the town of Tozeur and some of the ancient berber villages which are set amongst beautiful Mountain Oasis settings near Tozeur. Chebika is really pretty with a narrow gorge with Waterfalls and a spring and also has fantastic views across the Oasis. The old walled town of Tamerza in the Mountains has a great rugged setting and is one of the most photographed in Tunisia. Mides is known for its stunning gorges thorugh the mountains and has been used as a movie set for vairous movies such as the English Patient and Star Wars. You can walk through [View Full Entry]

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Star Wars set "Mos Espa' in the middle of the desert near Chot El Jerrid [View Full Entry]

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On the road again.......big day today, drove from Matmata, thought some rugged mountain ranges and some beautiful scenery, with our first stop in a small town called Tamazret, cute little village atop a mountain awash with the early, morning sunlight, very pretty indeed! Next Stop the bigger town of Douz, which is served qs an entry point for tours into the Sahara. Visited the Souq or Medina which was so laid back and friendly, some great people watching, old men sitting on the ground having a chat, or walking around the streets, stopping for a chat at every opportunity. Even saying [View Full Entry]

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Destination today was Matmata, we stopped in Toujene which is a picturesque little whitewashed village in the mountains, just typical village life. Then drove onto Tijma where we were welcomed into a Troglodyte home (a circular courtyard cut out below the earth and rooms coming off the courtyard), where the couple served us Berber Bread and olive oil and Tea. It was pretty cool being dug out of the ground like that and we can see why as it is much cooler! Next into Matmata to see the famed Sidi Driss Hotel - Lars Homestead in Star Wars films (which was [View Full Entry]

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Today we were both excited as we left Tataouine for our drive to Ksar Ghilane which is a small Oasis on the Edge of the Sahara in an area of the dunes called the Grand Erg Oriental. It was approx 2 and half hour off road 4 x 4 haul to get there but with some facinating desolate scenery. Every now and again we would see a bloke walking along - in the middle of nowhere, probably looking for his camels! At Ksar Ghilane we were escorted to our A\C tent at the Pansea Hotel. It was pretty cool staying on [View Full Entry]

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