SHEEP BRAAIS, MEDINAS & EL JEM COLISEUM Wed 12 Mar 2008 Day 11 Hammamet - Sfax - Gabes 210 Km Had a really good morning at the campsite today. Gave the landy a good check over, made a temporary repair to a small hole in the exhaust to the rear of the silencer and sorted all our cash and documents out.Only left the campsite at 12 but it was good to get all that sorted. It was a really hot morning too, the first time we have felt the African sun on thi...

TUNIS - VISA DENIALS & DISSAPOINTMENTS Fri 7 March 2008 Day 6 Tunis - Bizerte (north coast) 143Km What a day for disappointments. All was going well to start with, with a hot bath and good breakfast of cakes, egg, halva and hot chocolate. Checking our email at about 11 am we were suddenly hit with a shock as Bruce got an email from our Libyan guide, Hadi Baki. Something had happened between Libya and South Africa in the last few days and now they were...

TUNIS - VISA DENIALS & DISSAPOINTMENTS Fri 7 March 2008 Day 6 Tunis - Bizerte (north coast) 143Km What a day for disappointments. All was going well to start with, with a hot bath and good breakfast of cakes, egg, halva and hot chocolate. Checking our email at about 11 am we were suddenly hit with a shock as Bruce got an email from our Libyan guide, Hadi Baki. Something had happened between Libya and South Africa in the last few days and now they were...

Sun 16 Mar 08 Day 15 Ksar Ghilane - Gabes The campsite at Ksar Ghilane is set on the edge of an oasis and surrounded by a sea of sand dunes that stretch for as far as the eye can see. Awesome! The guys that pass through here are real desert rats that love following tracks through the dunes on bikes and in 4x4s. The campsite itself is sandy and there is a natural spring that feeds a pond about 30mx20m surrounded by small restaurants and curio shops all set am...