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Tunisia > Cairo!
Nobody said life was Pharaoh
Well, I lost my patience and headed to Cairo direcly by air. The experience
was wholly positive on the Tunisian side. The Egyptian side is like some
sort of horrible test of patience. Suffice to say it has now been 5 days
of work to get the bike, and it is still in the Customs pound, despite the
fact that all of my papers (including Carnet) are in order. When not shuffling
between unlabelled offices, I have been snapping a bit more. There are some
final pics of Tunisia, too.
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Gallery 6
Ever Increasing Circles.
More desert trips, and I am becoming a bit more experienced and adventurous.
Last night I slept in the dunes, and woke to find fresh snake and scorpion
tracks all around my sleeping bag. This morning at 5am I accompanied Mohammed
and his mates on a hunting trip with their scooters and Sloughis (Tunisian
hunting dogs that are just like greyhounds).
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and a video (wmv, 0.5mb)
Gallery 5
More snaps from on the road, man.
Reading the last one makes me laugh - so naive! Visa still not here, probably
going to fly instead (gets me back on schedule and skips Libya altogether).
I have been cruising the desert for a week or two, camping and giving
the odd bike lesson. Thanks again for emails and messages! Latest pictures
are here and here,
and I have added more beastie pictures.
Gallery 4
Tunisia in picture form, oh yes.
At the moment I'm staying in Douz (camping), awaiting the delivery of
my Libyan visa on the 15th in Sfax. I've been able to process a few more
of the snaps from the last few days - hope you like them - email
me if you do!
Check out the pictures here and here,
shamoon.
Gallery 3
Tunisia contd.
Finally! Some proper Saharan motorcycling... After a couple of days at
Gafsa (at the very basic Khalfallah), I headed south to Douz (where I met
the dunes and immediately had a bike problem) and then the isolated oasis
at Ksar Ghilane before Chenini, Tataouine and a very close meeting with
the coast at the Libyan frontier town of Ben Guerdane.
Check out the pictures.
Gallery 2
Tunisia so far (3 days)
Waiting for 48 hours in Tunis for them to clear my GPS, then driving through
drizzle (!!) to Hammamet and Nabeul. Further south to Sousse on the only
toll motorway in the country (amazing). After staying with the Prime Minister's
nephew (also amazing), it was time to head inland to Kairouan, and the arid
region of the Chott el Jerid, south of Gafsa. Weather has been pretty miserable
but mercifully cool (only about 28-30 degrees).
Check out the pictures.
Gallery 1
The trip to and through France
From London to the Isle of Wight, then Cherbourg and Nantes, Bordeaux
and the Dordoigne, before cutting across the Riviera from Montpellier to
Marseille. Alternating between hot and sunny and humid with thunder storms.
Was very glad I didn't have knobbly tyres on the bike, and also really appreciated
my Dad's company.
Check out the pictures.
