For the first time in life I took the opportunity of enjoying a holidays abroad.......with some friends. The final destination was Tunisia......I don´t like the hot weather, so the idea of travelling to Tunisia and putting up with high temperatures was not really attractive for me but eventually it worthed it.
So, my friends and I flew into Monastir airport from Santiago and after getting cash......we were on our way through customs and ready to experience the country... We got to the hotel and checked in. The staff at the hotel were always lovely and helpful. We stayed in a typical hotel and tourist resort with huge hotels located in the coast. Everything was shiny, clean and comfortable.
The next morning we walked around Hammamet (resort town) and booked our tours for the week. We walked 10kms along the beach to the old town to see the medina. The lovely Mediterranean Sea and wonderful sand beaches are definitely one of the best points for Tunisia. We played beach volleyball, flew the parachute and rode the banana (both driven by motor boats) and generally had a very good time.
The next day we did a tour of Tunis, Carthage, and Sidi Bou Said which is a gorgeous little town painted white with blue doors and windows. Carthage is a place full of roman ruins which I was keen to see and eventually was a really nice surprise. For the next days, we had planned a 3 day tour to different places.....
The first day we visited a roman amphitheatre smaller than the coliseum but very well preserved and quite impressive. We also went to Matmata where some episodes of Star wars were filmed and where people live underground because it is too hot.
Around that place, we ate in an underground restaurant a traditional food (if you ever go to Tunisia... You have to eat a Brik...it is nice). Sadly, probably the food was not as nice as its looks because practically all of us got stomach problems....
On that afternoon, we reached the Sahara starts where we had camel rides in the desert. On that day, we spent the night sleeping in the dessert in a terrible and horrible hotel.....
On the next day, we crossed a salt lake which is 200km by 100km and then into an oasis (we were around 40-43Cº temperature) and finally, we went by car through the Atlas mountains which was dusty and even hotter temperature but an amazing view........
On last tour day, we made some tourist activities which were not really interested and then we back to Hamammet. There, we spent the last days trying to get a bargaining and found ourselves in bad deals.....and also spending a bit of time in the pool just relaxing.
In general, I absolutely loved my time in Tunisia, despite of some bad points (It is a bit an underdeveloped country when you leave the resorts) but Tunisia is a wonderful place for visiting and having fun where you will find unforgettable memories. I would recommend it, however, I just hope not to be back there.......at least on summer time!!!
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