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I didn’t like dates when I was a kid. The flavour was okay but the texture bothered me; the way the dry skin lifted and separated from the date flesh reminded me of cockroach wings. I would happily eat my mother’s famous date and sago pudding but I would never eat whole dates. I now [...]
Steven at the Latin American travel blog Travelojos has nominated me to share three travel secrets in the Trip Base blog tag. I like the idea of highlighting obscure places. 1. Dougga, Tunisia Dougga in Tunisia gives Ephesus in Turkey a run for its money when it comes to impressive Roman ruins. It is not [...]
This is the second in a series of four posts about Star Wars in Tunisia. Please click here to read last week’s installment on Jedi cloaks. Djerba (or Jerba) an island in the Mediterranean Sea off the Tunisian Mainland claims to be the “land of the lotus eaters” of Homerian fame. It is popular as [...]
Road from Djerba to Matmata, Tunisia; December 2006 A word of advice if you ever go to Tunisia – pay attention to the local holiday calendar. This is advice that could apply anywhere but travelling on a holiday is more difficult in Tunisia than in many places. On 30 December 2006 we were ready to [...]
This is the first in a series of four posts on Star Wars in Tunisia. In 2006 we were living in London and looking for somewhere to spend our Christmas holiday.We chose Tunisia for several reasons. Firstly, it was cheaper than Sicily, our first choice. Secondly, Tunisia offered an intriguing mix of winter sun, Roman [...]
Advice for travellers planning to visit Douz in the Tunisian Sahara for the annual Sahara Festival. I recently heard from Greetje from Holland who is researching a trip to the Sahara Festival in Douz in Tunisia. She had seen my Photo Friday entry from the festival and wanted to know if I had any advice. [...]
Douz, Tunisia; Christmas 2006 In 2006 we were tossing up our options for how to spend Christmas and use up our annual holiday leave. We’d already done the whole white Christmas in the Austrian Alps two years previously and this year we did not feel up for the whole hoopla. So we decided to try [...]
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