El Jem amphitheatre

El Jem amphitheatre was built almost 2000 years ago, during the Roman era

Tunisia 2002 part II

December 28th 2002
A Roman bathhouse (still in use) a Roman amphitheatre (where Monty Python's been filming) and the remains of a Roman city (not in use) Douriet In the previous blog entry from Tunisia I wrote about a few Berber villages I visited. Douriet is another such village. Like the other villages, Douriet is today mostly in r ... read more

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Following independence from France in 1956, President Habib BOURGUIBA established a strict one-party state. He dominated the country for 31 years, repressing Islamic fundamentalism and establishing rights for women unmatched by any other Arab nation.... ... read more

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We are Emma Holmbro and Ake Dahllof. We live in Stockholm, Sweden. We have travelled more or less regularly since the mid 1990-ies and it seems like the more we travel the more difficult it is to decide where to go next. Not because we are running out of places to visit but because we find more places we want to go to faster than we manage to travel to them. Some of the things from our travel bucket list we have ticked off since we started this blog in 2006 are Angel Falls in Ven... full info

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27th July 2022

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

El Jem
We have Tunesia on our short list so it is great reading your adventure.

28th July 2022

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

Tunisia is lovely... just not now I think
I think the political situation in Tunisia might be a bit turbulent so I probably wouldn't go there right now. But hopefully it will be better a few years from now. When it is safe to go I can strongly recommend it because Tunisia is lovely. /Ake

27th August 2022

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

El Jem Amphitheatre
Your Tunisia blogs make Tunisia at the top of "the Must Do" lists. So much to see to immerse in its history. In modern times it was the birth of the Arab Spring...in ancient times wow wow wow! Thank you

28th August 2022

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

And a "want to return" place
I'd love to go back there some day because there is more to see than I had time for. I don't think it is safe at the moment though. /Ake

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