Fall Break, Exploring Southern Tunisia, Tozeur - Oct, 2014

Fall Break, Exploring Southern Tunisia, Tozeur - Oct, 2014

   We finished our train ride and then went back into Tozeur for a late lunch.  And a cold beer.  Both of which we found.  A few folks even tried the local specialty:  camel.  Eating it I mean, not riding it.  After lunch we wandered around town for a little while, walked through the medina and looked through a few shops.  The weather is very warm, in the low 90s.   We are doing our best to get acclimated with this new climate, from our last few years of being on the WA rainy and cool coast.

Frameworthy?  Almost.  Next time I will have to take the photo without that ray of light.

A really nice medina with a few modern and lovely shops.

I love all the windy narrow cobblestone streets.  They beckon for exploration!

Mosque in the background.

This town/area is known for it's brickwork.
It is the only area in the country where
they have brickwork like this.

The doors are so amazing.
There is a new and beautiful door
around every corner!

    A few of us decided to go to a local hilltop which is known for it's lovely sunset view.  We had a hard time finding it at first so we asked a local fellow on a camel.  Little did we know that he took off and wanted us to follow him!  Nothing like following a galloping camel down the road.  He led us to the spot and persuaded Mark to sit on the camel for a photo op.  Mark almost fell off but we got the photo.   People here are so great about directions, most of them just take you there!

   We then climbed the hill to view the sunset.  There were a few other couples hanging around and a few guys with camels for the tourists.  It was a weird spot with lots of large fake plaster-paris type animals for decor.  

Nothing like following a camel down the road.

Gotta love him!  He is always up for an adventure!

Ooops, almost fell off!

The camel is grunting!

We always have a great time together!

 

   We headed back to the hotel to meet the rest of our group.  It was time for sharing our days adventures on the beautiful rooftop deck with a few bottles of vino.

I was very intrigued with the set up on this rooftop patio.
I would like to make one similar back at home in Tunis!