[ Dec.2008 ] In the place called Matmata in Tunisia, there are unusual houses. After digging a big vertical hole in the dry ground, they dig smaller horizontal holes and live there. We visited one…

[ Dec.2008 ] I continue my Tunisian holiday. This photo was taken at Tamezret, where we had a rest after a long drive from Douz in the south. We did not walk in the town,…

[ Dec.2008 ] We stayed in a town in the south called Douz on the second night during the tour in Tunisia. This place is called “Entrance to the desert” and I felt intense atmosphere…

[ Dec.2008 ] After enjoying shopping in Tozeur, south of Tunisia, we moved to Douz, a town even more south. On the way, we stopped at a vast salt lake called Chotto el Jerid. They…

[ Dec.2008 ] As soon as we entered the medina in Tozeur, a city south of Tunisia, we got hooed by a man, probably French who looked quite different from the local people. He took…

[ Dec.2008 ] The south part of Tunisia is within the Sahara Desert. We experienced it at the area called Ong El Jemel. First, Sala, the driver went up and down the hillocks so that…

[ Dec.2008 ] The first night of our tour in Tunisia, we stayed in Tozeur, a oasis city in the south of the country. As soon as we arrived at the hotel, we asked the…

[ Dec.2008 ] The man on the left of this photo is Sala. The agency which arranged our tour was an office run by some Japanese people, but the actual driver who took us around…

[ Dec.2008 ] We left Tunis and started our 3 nights tour in Tunisia. Our first visit was Kairouan, an old Islamic capital. It was called the third important city in the Islamic world in…