As you can see infirst picture people travel by all methods here. It's not uncommon to see donkey carts or mopeds, but you will also see mercedes. This family was on a road by the harbour in Sousse.
The entrance to Sousses's medina or old, walled city was about 200m from here. Our first excursion in Tunisia was to the medina. We went on a quick walking tour through a few of the narrow street just to get an idea what it would be like. This place is another world: narrow, cobbled streets jammed with shops, merchandise and people. As you walk by the merchants try to entice you into their shop. First they try to guess where you are from and what language you speak. Appartently English speaking Canadians are a rare commodity here. Just off the main shopping roads you can peak down narrow residntial passages like this picture shows.
This is the sun setting around 5 pm over one of Sousses hotels along the beach (not ours). We were staying about 500m from the beach near downtown. I took this picture as the boys frolicked in the sea as we walked back from the medina along the beach.
This is a picture of the romean colisseum in El Jem. It is amazing - better preserved than the one in Rome apparently. Tourists have amazing access to these ruins - you can climb all over them and go down into the holding cells below on your own. Apparently the movie Gladiator was shot here.
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Hi All, Love the Blog site , I have just looked for the first time today but will catch up. I really wish I was in Tunisia with you. I am off to share the camel riding photos with my co workers.
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