Day 119 to 120- 26th to 27th February- Tunisia Point of departure: Medinine Point of arrival : Tunis Accommodation: Phebus Hotel Km travelled today: 534 & 292 km Cum: 21 749km (gravel 0km cum 4 649km) Countries so far: 11/16 Where to next? Sicily No of photos: 64 (cum 5 513) Tunis (in Arabic Tounès) takes you by surprise with the hustle and bustle of a modern Mediterranean city, not quite what we expected. There are two worlds side by side in the cen...

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: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...

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...