Approaching the small village of Barrouka between Fériana and Gafsa |
Route P15 approaching Gafsa |
Gafsa |
Gafsa |
Gafsa |
Gafsa |
School girls in Gafsa |
Gas station in Gafsa |
Super and Unleaded 95 for 1.05 Tunisian dinars per liter (€0.62), US$2.99 per gallon |
Diesel in Tunisia is cheaper at .69 TD per liter (€0.41) US$1.95 per gallon |
Gas station art, Gafsa |
Arid landscape between Gafsa and Tozeur |
Arid landscape between Gafsa and Tozeur |
Bienvenue a Tozeur |
The grand entrance to Tozeur |
Place Bab el-Hawa and Mosque of Sidi Mouldi, Tozeur |
Place Bab el-Hawa and Mosque of Sidi Mouldi, Tozeur |
Welcome to Tozeur |
Pegasus Roundabout, Tozeur |
Pegasus Roundabout, Tozeur |
Not-So-Grand Grand Hotel de l'Oasis, Tozeur |
Sorry, if it's 40C I want the A/C even if it's not yet "season" |
Wall murals in the Grand Hotel de l'Oasis |
Wall murals in the Grand Hotel de l'Oasis |
Wall murals in the Grand Hotel de l'Oasis |
Palms against a menacing sky, Tozeur |
Amen Bank, Tozeur |
Dar Charait Museum, Tunisian tilework |
Dar Charait Museum |
Dar Charait Museum, Ottoman period coat of arms |
Dar Charait Museum, Pottery |
Dar Charait Museum, Coffee pot |
Dar Charait Museum |
Dar Charait Museum |
Dar Charait Museum, The Notary (Le Notaire) |
Dar Charait Museum, traditional courtyard |
Dar Charait Museum, courtyard |
Dar Charait Museum, detail of courtyard |
Dar Charait Museum, playing chess |
Dar Charait Museum |
Dar Charait Museum, ornate ceiling |
Dar Charait Museum, curved dagger |
Dar Charait Museum, dagger |
Dar Charait Museum, kitchen |
Dar Charait Museum, chair inlaid with mother of pearl |
Dar Charait Museum, wedding preparations |
Dar Charait Museum, hammam (Turkish bath) |
Dar Charait Museum, hammam (Turkish bath) |
Dar Charait Museum, domestic scene |
Dar Charait Museum |
Dar Charait Museum |
Dar Charait Museum, circumcision ceremony |
Dar Charait Museum |
Dar Charait Museum |
Dar Zaman, another part of the Dar Charait Museum depicting the history of Tunisia since the dinosaurs |
Dar Zeman - dinosaur |
Dar Zeman - fortified Berber grainery (Ksar) |
Dar Zeman - ksar |
Dar Zeman - Berber woman |
Dar Zeman - Carthage |
Dar Zeman - Carthage |
Dar Zeman - Nordic exploreres |
Carthaginian god Ba'al Hammon, Lord of the Two Horns (Greek Cronus, Roman Saturn, |
Dar Zeman - story of the founding of Carthage |
Dar Zeman - Punic harbor, Carthage |
Dar Zeman - famous story of Hannibal's elephants crossing the Alps during the 2nd Punic War with Rome |
Dar Zeman - Hannibal |
Dar Zeman - Roman mosaic of Neptune |
Dar Zeman - Roman colonization followed shortly after the defeat of Carthage |
Dar Zeman - Roman Temple of Dougga |
Dar Zeman - The Vandals conquered Carthage in 425 and held it until 533 when the Byzantines captured it |
Dar Zeman - Arab conquest, 672 by Okba Ibn Nafaa |
Dar Zeman - resistance to the Arab conquest by Berber princess Kahina (Dihya) killed in 701 AD |
Dar Zeman - The Islamic Era began with the Arab conquest in the 7th C. |
Dar Zeman - Islamic era |
Dar Zeman - Barbary Pirates |
Dar Zeman - sea battle |
Dar Zeman |
Dar Zeman |
Dar Zeman - Ottoman Bey of Tunis |
Dar Zeman - Tunis under the Ottomans |
Dar Zeman - Ottoman era |
Dar Zeman |
Dar Zeman - French protectorate |
Dar Zeman - Tunisian independence - young Habib Bourguiba |
Dar Zeman - President Habib Ben Ali Bourguiba 1957-1987 |
Dar Zeman - the colonization of Tunisia - Phoenicians, Romans, Vandals, Byzantines, Arabs |
Dar Zeman - map of Tunisia |
Giant Jug Roundabout |
Hotel Ksar Rouge, Tozeur |
Hotel Ksar Rouge, Tozeur |
Mosaic in the lobby of the Hotel Ksar Rouge |
Hotel Ksar Rouge, Tozeur |
Part of La Palmerie of Tozeur from the terrace of the Ksar Rouge Hotel |
The structure contains one of the 200 springs in Tozeur |
Gateway the Palmerie, Tozeur's oasis |
La Palmerie, Tozeur |
Massive doorway to an estate in the Palmerie, Tozeur |
La Palmerie, Tozeur |
La Palmerie, Tozeur |
Along the tourist route through La Palmerie |
Planet Oasis Tozeur tourist center |
Planet Oasis Tozeur tourist center |
Planet Oasis Tozeur tourist center |
Statue of Ibn Chabbat, 13th C. mathematician who designed La Palemerie's irrigation system |
The old medina of Tozeur - Ouled El-Hadef |
Tozeur medina - Ouled El-Hadef, 14th C. |
Tozeur is famous for this type of brickwork |
Berber carpets, Tozeur medina |
Shop in the medina of Tozeur |
Tozeur style brickwork in the medina |
Archways, Tozeur medina |
Museum of Archaeology and Tradition, Tozeur medina |
Small plaza, Tozeur medina |
Narrow lane, Tozeur medina |
Tozeur medina |
Tozeur medina |
Blue door, Tozeur medina |
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Minaret rising over the Tozeur medina |
Tozeur medina |
Brickwork, Tozeur medina |
Tozeur medina |
Mosque el-Ferdous, Ave. Habib Bourbuiba |
Mosque el-Ferdous, Ave. Habib Bourbuiba |
Shop Berbere between the Medina and Av. HB |
Shopping in Tozeur |
Mosque of Ferdous (Jama' al-Ferkous) |
Berber sweater |
Dad finally gives in and goes carpet shopping |
Dad carpet shopping |
Berber carpets |
Dad carpet shopping, Tozeur |
Berber carpets, Tozeur |
Berber carpet, Tozeur |
Berber carpet, Tozeur |
The shop where dad got his carpet |
Tunisia t-shirt, Tozeur |
Berber carpet, Tozeur |
Ave. Habib Bourguiba, Tozeur |
"this stripped leave is the locations of the loved ones and the glorious and cultured citizens." |
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Date shop, Tozeur |
Tall brick thingy |
Central Souq, Tozeur |
Central Souq, Tozeur |
Basket, Tozeur |
More shopping, Tozeur |
Tozeur |
Restaurant d'Afrique, Ave. Farhat Hached, Tozeur |
Mobil gas station, Tozeur |