In the southern part of Tunisia, the architecture and landscape is famous due to the many fans of the Star Wars movies. Dad and I feel kind of foolish neither of us have seen any of the Star Wars movies, but now we have seen where they are filmed! (Don't worry, we plan to watch the movies soon!) We traveled in southern Tunisia after leaving Douz and heading toward Djerba. Almost immediately after leaving Douz, we found ourselves in the middle of the Chott El-Jerid, a huge salt lake. This is where Luke Skywalker contemplated the two moons in the first Star Wars movie. It was kind of strange how we drove right out of the sandy desert into the even more desolate landscape of these salt lakes. This is where we were really exposed to
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