Bine has prepared delicious beef roulades back in Germany and jarred, thats what we get tonight. Alexandra makes dumplings, we have wine and thus nothing can prevent us from having a cozy Christmas Eve under palm trees. The restaurant of…
We liked the trip and the very next day, we are planning an overland travel by truck to Zraoua, an abandoned desert village. In the early morning hours the Mercedes is made ready to go. Tara must stay behind, for…
Matmata is the destination for the day. While we’re on sightseeing tour, the mechanics are working on our car. The injectors were installed, but the message of the workshop is devastating. The car is still stopping after five kilometers. Now…
The Berlin couple is traveling with a cat. It is also travel expierienced, enjoys the view from the truck over the campsite. Tara is visibly irritated, something she has never seen – a cat travelling, but Africa is very different,…
The Great Mosque is very strange for our liking. It is a modern building and we can not necessarily assume that this is a mosque. It reminds me rather of a hotel, or a town hall with tower. It is…
At the towing hook we reached Douz – the next workshop, where it became clear we had to be placed on a truck to be brought to Gabes. The group could not wait and continued without us hoping that we…
It is becoming clear that they have not found the error and Joachim and Renate tow us to the campsite at Douz; where there is said to be a good mechanic who would fix the problem soon. But that will…
We leave Tozeur to go to chott el djerid overland and a short time later, again our car just stops. Although somewhat annoyed we still enjoy the beautiful landscape of dry river valleys and interesting surveys. We hope that the…
We turn off to the centre of Tozeur, the streets are narrow, the traffic heavy and we need a fairly large parking lot for our vehicles. The city makes a very nice impression. We wind our way through the main…
Before we head to Sbeitla we spend the day in the courtyard of the hostel of Kairouan. The next morning at dawn we break up again. The route runs from Kairouan to Sbeitla and to Tozeur, and from there through…