http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tunisia/Tataouine/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Africa , Tunisia , Tataouine en-us Sun, 03 Jan 2010 05:08:55 +0000 Sun, 03 Jan 2010 05:08:55 +0000 As our roadtrip continued further south and again near the Algerian border the scenery became increasingly mountainous and dry. The towns of Mides and Tamerza are located in a particularly hilly area complete with some senic dry canyons. One of which was used for scenes in The English Patient. An abandoned walled mud town near Tamerza provided a scenic foreground for a palmeraie and rough mountai http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tunisia/Tataouine/blog-368401.html the Jedi Mindtricks of SoberOne KenobiSo I Believe I left off with us stranded helplessly in the Sahara sick with infections and horny camels... Oh wait Did I not mention that last little fun fact Well before I get started that has to be addressed. Yes ladies and gentlemen it is breeding season for Tunisian camels this winter. That means the womenfolk of the camelkind are either pregna http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tunisia/Tataouine/blog-243090.html the amazing typing skills of the nowfreckled RobinWell it's the sandy post you've all been waiting for and I do believe my keyboard is hopelessly broken so bear with me here. I'm having spacebar issues on top of the normal 'm' and 'a' changes. Crazy countryJAN 19th the adventure beginsWe ended today in the town of Kairouen. Known for it's famous cookies of condensed baklavalike dou http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tunisia/Tataouine/blog-241344.html Thought to myself about how weird my tombstone would look if I died on my 30th birthday as we flew to Tataouine at mach 2 in the Louage even the locals looked uneasy.Tataouine disappointingly really doesn't have a lot to offer. Stayed at a slightly fancier hotel since it was my birthday Walked around town a little but mostly stayed at the hotel with the soldiers beer. Jen bought me a cool http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tunisia/Tataouine/blog-107831.html 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 continentWell 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 ne http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tunisia/Tataouine/blog-82556.html Tunis Sousse El Jem and SfaxSo finally we made it to Tunisia My first time in Africa one step closer to my life goal of settting foot on each of the seven continents of the world only Sth America and Antarctica to go. That everevasive ferry ride ended up being quite interesting. We met many of the Tunisians who were pushing in front of us at the ticket window in Trapani and they all happi http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tunisia/Tataouine/blog-80782.html