Day 118 - Tunisia Point of departure: Medinine Point of arrival : Tunis Accommodation: Phebus Hotel, La Marsa Km travelled today: 534 km Cum: 21 457km(gravel 0km cum 4 649km) Countries so far: 11/16 Where to next? Palermo, Sicily Total number of photos taken: 49 (cum 5 449) En route to Tunis, we made a small detour to Matmata, named after a Berber tribe. The Berbers are not Arabs, and are a nomadic North African tribe.This sunbaked town in the mountains o...

Day 117 - Tunisia Point of departure: Tripoli, Libya Point of arrival : Medinine Accommodation: El Kssour Hotel (**) Km travelled today: 300km Cum: 20 923km (gravel 0km cum 4 649km) Countries so far: 11/16 Where to next? Tunis No of photos: 41 (cum 5 400) Our exit from Tripoli was pretty straight forward with Wesam assisting. At about 68km we stopped at Sabratha to visit the Phoenician and Roman ruins of the city of Sabratha.Not as impressive as Leptis Ma...

Day 117 - Tunisia Point of departure: Tripoli, Libya Point of arrival : Medinine Accommodation: El Kssour Hotel (**) Km travelled today:300kmCum: 20 923km(gravel 0kmcum 4 649km) Countries so far: 11/16 Where to next? Tunis After Sabratha we headed out towards the Tunisian border post, where we were sure it would be totally plain sailing. Not so! The problem was that Marina was switching passports here, having travelled on her South African up to and includ...

Day 116 - Leptis Magna & Tripoli Point of departure: Zliten Point of arrival : Tripoli Accommodation: Funduq al Kabir Km travelled today: 160kmCum: 20 623km (gravel 0kmcum 4 649) Countries so far: 10/16 Where to next? Tunisia No of photos: 120 (cum 5 359) A more civilised start to the day left the hotel at 08h00 and first stop was the Mosque of Sidi Abdusalam - one of the modern Libyan mosques. The exterior of the mosque is adorned with mosaic tiles. ...

TUNISIA THE COUNTRY Fancy a little history and geography lesson …. read on, if not skip and move onto the next blog entry.(Source:www.worldmapmaker.com) The Flag (adopted between 1831 and 1835 and is one of the World's oldest flags - current version 3 July 1999) Flag: Red base with a white outline of a circle in the centre.Inside the circle there is a red five pointed start which is based on a white circle and a red crescent. Meaning: Red is a traditional c...