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We drove between Sfax and Sousse on the road along the coast. We stopped off in Mahdia near sunset.
Mahdia.
Sousse from the Ribat.
Sunrise from the Abou Nawas Bou Jeffar hotel where we stayed for a couple of nights. We spent Christmas Eve there. It was an experience along the lines of the one we had at Luxor in Egypt back in 2000.
As our program ramped down, we took one last fieldtrip to Sousse.
Inside the grand mosque. That’s Melissa who was down visiting us from southern France.
The Ribat used as the last defence of the town. During times of calm, the Islamic warriors would silently study the Koran inside. When pirates or whomever came by, they’d put down their Korans and pick up their swords.
Japanese tourists even here!
Yes, those are bunny rabbits doing cute things!
We filled out the program evaluations at the luxury marina in the Zone Touristique.
