Tamerza & Midès

Attention: Camel Crossing, Tunisia	Route P16 from Tozeur to Tamerza, one of 3 interesting villages near the Algerian border NW of Tozeur	Approaching the mountains near Tamerza	The oasis at the village of Chebika
Circuit Touristique de Chebika	Chebika	The main road continuing into the moutains	Switchback road up the mountain enroute to Tamerza
View from the overlook enroute to Tamerza	Too bad we had such a hazy day...	French style mile marker	Panorama, Tamerza
Dad touring Tunisia	Dad and Slim	The other side of the pass heading to Tamerza	Desert waterfall, Tamerza
Desert waterfall, Tamerza	Desert waterfall, Tamerza	Canyon with a waterfall and small river	Greenery in a desert canyon outside Tamerza
Canyon, Tamerza	Canyon, Tamerza	Souvenir vendors at the waterfall in Tamerza	City of Tamerza Welcomes You
Slim, Tamerza	Closer to the center of the village of Tamerza is a 2nd small waterfall	Oasis, Tamerza	Stream, Tamerza
Dad, Tamerza	Stuffed reptiles for sale to tourists, Tamerza	Stuffed lizards for sale to tourists, Tunisia	Ducks look out of place in Southern Tunisia
Ducks at the pool below the waterfall	The smaller of the waterfalls at Tamerza	Handicrafts, Tamerza	OMG a trash can!
Cafe set up near the waterfall, Tamerza	Tunisian playing a bagpipe which has an uncanny resemblance to a sheep	Tourist cafe at the waterfall, Tamerza	Vegetation around the waterfall
Part of the modern village of Tamerza	Public art, Tamerza	The very nice Tamerza Palace Hotel	German registered 4x4, Tamerza
The pool at the Tamerza Palace Hotel	Slim on the patio around the pool of the Tamerza Palace	View of the ruins of the old mudbrick village of Tamerza destroyed by heavy rains and flooding in 1969	Ruins of old Tamerza from the patio of the Tamerza Palace Hotel
Ruins of old Tamerza from the patio of the Tamerza Palace Hotel	A large palm growing in a courtyard, old Tamerza	Ruins of the old village of Tamerza	Ruins of the old village of Tamerza
Monument in the form of a map of Tunisia with Tamerza depicted	A short drive past Tamerza is the 3rd of the villages, Mides	Gorge at Mides	The gorge at Mides ends abruptly
Oasis, Midès	Gorge, Mides	The old abandoned village of Mides sits on a promontory above the gorge	The old abandoned village of Mides sits on a promontory above the gorge
Ruins of the old village of Mides	Deep gorge at Mides	Tourgroup, Mides	Gorge and village, Mides
Gorge and village, Mides	Near the end of the gorge, Mides	Bakseesh boys on a donkey	Au Revoir
8 km to the Algerian border	Sign pointing across the desert to the Algerian border	Crossing back over the mountains headed towards Tozeur	Milemarker for Tozeur