Chenini is an old Berber village set high in the mountains. It is a very pretty place, made all the more pretty by the sunset that was in full swing upon our arrival. I ran around with Anne to see the various sights of the village and climb the mountain to the top of the settlement where the granaries were once located. Like many of the traditional villages in Tunisia, this one has been largely depopulated due to the construction of Chenini Nouvelle. There were still a fair number of inhabitants living in this one however. We saw several groups of women walking about in red and white checkered scarves, evidently traditional to this particular village or area. A teenage boy followed Anne and I around to try and get a bit of money from us by selling us some sort of crystal. We didn’t take the bait.
Anne and I got into trouble a bit for being late to the bus because we wanted to continue exploring. It’s hard to leave such interesting places!
