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AliJo
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Apr 4, 2008
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The Antonin Baths are the best of the Roman ruins in Carthage. The ruins themselves are quite impressive, showing several levels of the ancient baths as well as some of the enormous pillars that...
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AliJo
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Globetrotter
Apr 4, 2008
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I spent several hours at the Bardo, a museum of Roman mosaics, Islamic art, and early Christian artefacts housed in the palace of one of the Ottoman envoys who had controlled Tunisia for hundreds...
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AliJo
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Globetrotter
Apr 4, 2008
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The Roman ruins around Carthage are easy to see in a single afternoon, even on foot. We spent an afternoon seeing the Church of St. Cypriot, where St. Augustine once preached, the Antonin Baths,...
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AliJo
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Globetrotter
Apr 4, 2008
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The Punic Harbour is interesting as a historic site. This is the place from which several wars were launched before the Romans took over in Tunisia, and from which Hannibal took his elephants,...
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AliJo
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Globetrotter
Apr 4, 2008
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On our trip to Carthage, we also saw the ruins at Byrsa on the hill overlooking the harbour, where a huge Roman temple used to stand and where an ancient Cathedral now dominates the scene, with a...
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AliJo
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Globetrotter
Apr 4, 2008
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After El Djem, we stopped for the night in Gabes, where we found a nice little family-run hotel where my travelling companion knew the proprietors, who are always very excited to see her because...
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Globetrotter
Apr 4, 2008
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We had a good lunch, sand-free, and witnessed the sad sight of a camel’s head hanging in a butcher shop before we got back into the car for our journey to Sbeitla, which is another Roman ruin...
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Globetrotter
Apr 4, 2008
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We also saw one of the sets for the first Star Wars film, inspired by the cave dwellings near Matmata, which is now a bar and hotel. You can stay here, although the price is steep by comparison...
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AliJo
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Globetrotter
Apr 4, 2008
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The next day we set off early and drove through the last of the beautiful rolling hills on our way out to the desert. We stopped to see two of the cave dwellings near Matmata, which were the...
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Globetrotter
Apr 4, 2008
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The small market to the side of El Djem is a mixture of tourist trap kitsch and quality craftsmanship. There are some very nice textiles and mosaics, provided you are prepared to pay a bit more....
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Globetrotter
Apr 4, 2008
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After a few hours driving, we arrived at El Djem around sunset. I hadn’t expected it to be so BIG—we climbed the walls and looked down into the arena, and then wandered out into the centre of...
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Globetrotter
Apr 4, 2008
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On the way back to Tunis from Douz, we crossed the desolate salt flats in a sandstorm, which was quite an experience! The vast expanses of shimmering salt create mirages, and when I turned to look...
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Globetrotter
Apr 4, 2008
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If you’re interested in a trip like this one, it helps to have someone in your group who speaks at least a little Arabic. You’ll find it much easier to communicate with the Bedouin. However,...
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AliJo
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Globetrotter
Apr 4, 2008
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The tents themselves were very comfortable, basically consisting of a blanket spread over a single pole, surrounded at ground level with a fence made of sticks collected from the scrub around the...
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