Tunisia

To Djerba island

The last destination of our Tuinisian tour was Djerba island. The normal itinerary was flying back to Tunis without staying here, but we thought we should stay as we came all the…

Tunisia

Endless surprises in Tunisia

This strange building is called Ksar, which was sometimes used as a fortress by Berber people. Each room is called Ghorfa and it is a storeroom for grain. We saw this in…

Toujane

Village I wanted to walk

In that morning the view from the car was simply flat but after a while, without notice, we were in a mountainous area in Tunisia. Suddenly this village called Toujane came in…

Matmata

Visit the cave dwelling

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…

Tamezret

Tamezret

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,…

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Market and camel

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…

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Vast salt lake

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…

Tunisia

Shabby Frenchman

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…

Tunisia

Sahara Desert

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…