Tunisia

July 2005

Annie and I decided that we wanted a beach-do-nothing holiday for a change. We narrowed it down to a choice of Tunisia and Cyprus. Tunisia won. We packed the necessary books and suntan lotion and less than a week after booking we were on a plane to Tunisia. On arrival our determination to lie at the beach or pool and do nothing for a week lasted about 20 minutes! We only arrived late at night so first thing in the morning we were off exploring the area around our hotel with the first of many visits to the local supermarket to buy water. The average temperature for our visit was around 35 degrees Celsius so we were drinking up to 4 litres of water a day EACH.

On our first day we went to listen to the package holiday rep give her speech on what to do, what not to do and what excursions were available. While we did spend most of that day at the swimming pool, we also signed up for two excursions; one was a day trip to a few nearby sights and markets, the second was a two day coach trip to see about 60% of the Tunisian countryside. We had a day between the two excursions and two days after them both so those would have to be "beach time" (-:

Join us on our Tunisian Adventures by clicking on the Day Trip link below.