Goodbye Egypt, Hello Tunisia
Well, we made it. In one piece with all our luggage. If Egypt was the Romania of Europe, Tunisia is certainly the France. It is clean, well built, with a charm ressembling strangely the a French city. Jess told me that the French colonisation strategy was to extend France beyond its border and they often treated the areas in their control as French and part of France so they made sure the countries had strong institutions in education, culture and bureaucracy. They also regarded the importance of law and order and rules as paramount to a functioning city. Well, this is blatantly obvious as you walk through the streets of Tunis. If you forgot people were muslims from North Africa, you would almost believe yourself in the South of France.
We will however, venture into the history and culture of this amazing country. We are planning to see Carthage, where several roman ruins lie and also Sibi Bou Said, one of the most beautiful seaside villages in Tunisia. Tunisia also has some of the most beautiful beaches in the Mediterranen although I think I won't put on my swimming trunks quite yet (it's about 13 degrees outside) . But there is a beautiful sun out there.
The last leg of our trip to Egypt was very nice. We made it to the Giza Pyramids, saw the sphinx. We couldn't come to Egypt without seeing the pyramids. We got lost on our way back to our hotel trying to find our bus stop (they don't indicate them anywhere in the city and the buses stop randomly everywhere. We found 2 girls from Holland also waiting for a bus and we decided to share a cab together to Midan Tahrir (central Cairo). We took our taxi from our hotel and had to fight a bit to get our tickets changed even though I had confirmed it over the telephone centre of Egyptair but at this point, I wasn't alarmed. You have to fight for everything in Egypt.
Both Jess and I were getting tired of the taxing life in Egypt for a tourist. Tunisia is a welcome change which should help us get ready for another taxing trip in Morocco.
I wish everyone a merry Christmas and a great new year. Sorry I can't send individual emails as my Internet time is precious.
We will however, venture into the history and culture of this amazing country. We are planning to see Carthage, where several roman ruins lie and also Sibi Bou Said, one of the most beautiful seaside villages in Tunisia. Tunisia also has some of the most beautiful beaches in the Mediterranen although I think I won't put on my swimming trunks quite yet (it's about 13 degrees outside) . But there is a beautiful sun out there.
The last leg of our trip to Egypt was very nice. We made it to the Giza Pyramids, saw the sphinx. We couldn't come to Egypt without seeing the pyramids. We got lost on our way back to our hotel trying to find our bus stop (they don't indicate them anywhere in the city and the buses stop randomly everywhere. We found 2 girls from Holland also waiting for a bus and we decided to share a cab together to Midan Tahrir (central Cairo). We took our taxi from our hotel and had to fight a bit to get our tickets changed even though I had confirmed it over the telephone centre of Egyptair but at this point, I wasn't alarmed. You have to fight for everything in Egypt.
Both Jess and I were getting tired of the taxing life in Egypt for a tourist. Tunisia is a welcome change which should help us get ready for another taxing trip in Morocco.
I wish everyone a merry Christmas and a great new year. Sorry I can't send individual emails as my Internet time is precious.
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