01 November, 2006

Tunisie: Le Nord


CAP BON







Old HAMMAMET
A Tunisian friend of ours who let us stay at his Club Med beach house.


The prettiest coffee shop I saw in the whole country

YASMINE HAMMAMET this is the part of Hammamet which was entirely built for tourism. I must say it was my favorite part of Tunisia!
It's interesting to see a reproduction of Medinas and Souks in one big shopping center. It's definitely more civilized and cleaner, but you don't get to really see what it's like unless you really walk in to one downtown and see what sort of chaotic rhyme it is!

Inside the center...peaceful and quiet.
Shopping center at Hammamet
This chicha coffee shop was definitely the best part of Yasmine Hammamet


a butcher's above and a fruit/date stand below
KERKENNAH ISLANDS These islands are completely flat low-lying and at only 3 meters above sea level, you can't even see them until the ferry is extremely close. this place was used by many refugees in the past since it was so hard to spot.

Oh! Yes, of course! They are also known for their 'octopus catching', which is depicted by the sculpture itself.



SFAX Entrance of it's Souk.
port el kantaoui

EL JEM's Colosseum









KAIROUAN La Grand Mosquée

This is the biggest mosque in Tunisia

those things on the floor collect water when it rains
MONASTIR


some rich guy's mausoleum




SOUSSE





Sidi-Bou-Saïd, suuuuch a lovely place



A coffee shop and snack place at Sidi bou Saïd where we had an omelete with tuna for the very first time.
CARTHAGE
Visiting Carthage was an amazing experience. Founded 814 BC, it used to be such a rich and powerful city in the Mediterranean and now just a bunch of rocks piled up. At least u get to where they used to poo and stuff...haha!




I guess Carthage is still pretty powerful until today, only rich people live here.



TUNIS






View of Tunis

Le musé nacional du Bardo








some mausoleum in at the medina in Tunis

The Medina, Tunis
I know it sounds ridiculous but this was the first date tree I ever saw.
some neighborhood in Tunis

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