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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
Africa » Tunisia » El Jem

Tunisian Flag 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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