Rudders at Home » Tunisia http://www.ruddersathome.com The Adventures of Sarah and Paul Sun, 16 May 2010 18:40:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Tunisia http://www.ruddersathome.com/travel/tunisia http://www.ruddersathome.com/travel/tunisia#comments Sat, 06 Jun 2009 20:19:56 +0000 sarah http://www.ruddersathome.com/?p=332 Paul and I recently went to Tunisia for some fun in the sun, North African style. We spent 10 days there, and enjoyed it immensely, despite the last three days in which I was dreadfully ill. (Yes, I needed the drama of “dreadful” ) But I’m over that now. We went mainly for a relaxing beach holiday, and Tunisia being on the Med promised that. But it also promised a bit more.

We enjoyed the Med and the pool, spending the majority of the holiday there. Here’s a pic from the casbah in Hammamet.

The Med - Tunisia

But we also enjoyed the desert. While we were in Tunisia, we spent two days of trip exploring the country. I believe I’ve seen 75% of that country now. We even spent a night in the desert, under the stars in tents! Pretty nice, I think.

The trip took in El Djem, a well preserved coliseum, and then went on to show us some cave dwellings and places which were Star Wars. We also took in a camel trip, which Paul and I opted out of, but Paul did get some nice Camels for me. :)

The best part was seeing the sun rise on the Sahara. Yes, yours truly was up at 4:30 am in order to see the sunrise at 10 past five in the morning. And it was worth it. Check it out:

Sunrise over the Sahara

Isn’t that beautiful?

Our trip in the desert ended that day, seeing a beautiful oasis featured in The English Patient.

It was a good trip overall, lovely weather and much more to see than anticipated. There are even more photos in the gallery, if you’d like to gawk a bit more. :)

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