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Tunisia

 Sun, Beaches, Desert Oasis, Roman Relics, Mosques and The Red Lizard Train

Photographs :-  places of interest taken during 2 day Safari, Southern Tunisia.



 The great Roman amphitheatre at El Jem is the first stop on the excursion, this ancent monument is a little smaller than the one in Rome but is in better condition



                                                                                                                                                           




    Travel through the desert and arid rocky Berber hills to Matmata.


Berber troglodyte home. One of the largest is now a hotel. The Hotel Sidi Driss was Luke Skywalkers home in the 1977  Star Wars film.

               




                        

 The edge of the Sahara desert at Douz.






  






                                                                                              Testing the transport available in the desert                                                                           
                                                                                                                                           
                                                    
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Crossing the salt lakes of Chot el Jerid , it is of immence proportions and mysterious beauty, a 25 mile road crosses the vast salt flats where colours seem to change and mirages appear.









                                                                              
The beds at our overnight transit hotel, the beds where about 18" off the floor and tiled down to the floor, this was to prevent insects climbing from the floor to the bed area.


                             The foyer of the hotel very early in the morning.










 The Oasis at Tozeur, it is irrigated by 200 wells and the water is routed through a canal system devised in the 13th century.There are 266,000 trees and the best dates in Tunisia are produced here.


                                                    

 

                                                                
His money tin is at the foot of the tree?



                        
                                                                                                   
                                                                           


The Lezard Rouge train at Metiaoui, is a 19th century train complete with arm chairs and sofa`s it takes you through the spectacular and otherwise inaccessible Selja gorges in the Atlas mountains.

More information: www.preferredts.com/tunisia.asp

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