Tunisian Sahara

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September 17th 2004
G'day! Just back after spending sometime in the Saharan summer, in Tunisia and Algeria. Rickety bus rides, train rides, packed louages, 4WD driving with no maps, hitchhiking, cycling. Randomess in order was back, and then there were colourful carpets, carthagian ruins, roman towers, presidents poster pasted everywhere, stupendously beautiful mosques, vegetarian salads with fish, or beef, or pork, ... read more

Africa » Tunisia

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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