The Colosseum

El Jem A Cracking Colosseum and Magnificent Mosaics

December 8th 2009
An hour away from Sousse on the train is the small town of El Jem. Trains are not very frequent though: we avoided the 8am departure in favour of the more palatable time of 1141! We were surprised to find so many tourists joining us on our day out. After all, we’re not tourists, we live here now!!! On arrival everyone seemed to head straight towards the impressive colosseum. It was impossible t ... 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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Russ and Trish are still in Spain 7 years on and loving it! Take a look at www.anythingbutpaella.com to see more about what we have been doing there. Wow, it's this long since we left the UK to change our lives! For those who want to see all about what we did before May 2006, follow these links: Sept 2005 - April 2006 Peru, Bolivia and Argentina June - Sept 2004 Bolivia [url=ht... full info

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17th October 2014

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Alan Atkinson

Colosseum
I am going to Tunisia in a couple of weeks time. I really want to see the colosseum.

17th October 2014

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Russ Pearce

El Jem
You'll need to find up to date travel info about it as my blog is five years old now! Look forward to seeing your blog after you've been.

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