After 2 nights spent in Ghadames (highlight was walking through the Old City, and trying to get a wire soldered for my charger), passed through Sabha for lunch which turned out to be the town where all the tour guides…
Leptis Magna, Libya – Day 63
It’s hard these days to get excited about seeing yet another site of ruins, we’ve seen so many so far on the trip. But they say Leptis Magna is the be all and end all of Phoenician/Roman ruins and after…
Tripoli, Libya – Day 61
I’d say Tripoli is the most modern city we’ve seen since leaving Vancouver. Lots of fancy new hi-rises and the like (presumably one of the places the oil money is going). The bank we were going to get money from…
Sabratha, Libya – Day 60
Sabratha isn’t that far from the border. Perhaps 100kms? Pulled up to the Tunisian/Libyan border around noon; people seemed to be simply going through the motions of getting us thru. Was nice because we stayed on the truck, and as…
Tataouine, Tunisia – Day 54
Thought to myself about how weird my tombstone would look if I died on my 30th birthday as we flew to Tataouine at mach 2 in the Louage (even the locals looked uneasy). Tataouine disappointingly really doesn’t have a lot…
Matmata, Tunisia – Day 53
Took THREE louages to get to Matmata from Douz (it’s not really that far… just the way the connecting towns work). Sometimes you have to wait a while for the Louages to leave (had to wait 2 hours for one…
Douz, Tunisia – Day 51
Met at Louage station in Douz by fellow who talked us into looking at his hotel. Was good enough for only 10 dinar a night; also signed up for an overnight camel trek the following night (Douz is the “Gateway…
Touzeur, Tunisia – Day 51
Got off the train in Touzeur, took taxi to Residence Karim which turned out to be a GREAT little place to stay; only 25 dinar a night for a double (12.50 each); very well kept with beautiful tiling all around.…
Tabarka/Kef/Dougga/Sousse, Tunisia – Day 44
Spent our final day in Tabarka walking down to the end of the beach and back; locals call it the tourist beach and its where all the resorts are (much like Mexico and every other less-fortunate country with nice beaches).…
Tunis, Tunisia – Day 38
Got off ferry in Tunis after dark; customs was funny… supposed to fill in sheet for weird things we were importing into the country but we didn’t really understand it, so we didn’t do it, played dumb and kept walking.…