Gafsa & Tozeur

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	TunisiaMay06 1197.jpg	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."	TunisiaMay06 1235.jpg	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