Tozeur, Tunisia

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This morning we saw the Great Mosque at Kairouan. It dates from around 800 AD and is a place of pilgrimage for North Africa. We were not allowed to go inside, but we could enter the courtyard (see picture with me in the foreground and Uncle Jim in the background). From Kairouan we drove to Sbeitla to see the ancient Roman ruins. I was particularly looking forward to these ruins because the First Armored Division was here in February of 1943 and the book of the official history of the division has photographs that were taken here. I attempted to recreate the same pictures, but the site has been archeologically examined since then and vegetation has grown up, so there is not an exact match. Our tour group is continuing southward and we are getting close to the Sahara Desert. We haven't seen any camels yet, but we saw a sign(see picture)!

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