The Grand Tunisian Tour: May 15-27, 2009

Narration by Kit:

Miguel and I went to Tunisia from May 15-27. I was sent there for work, and since I knew I'd be working in one place all week, it seemed a great opportunity for Miguel to tag along. It was his first visit to a Middle Eastern country, and Tunisia seemed like a pretty easy and fun place to start (i.e.: tourist infrastructure, modernized, etc.).

I hope all of you know where Tunisia is located, but just in case, this should help with your orientation:


Since Facebook only lets you post pictures, and there's limited space for narration, we thought this would be a more colorful way of sharing our trip with you and remembering all the fun we had (some moments more fun than others, as you will see...).

In a nutshell, we saw all the big sites in Tunis the first weekend, May 16-17, then I worked in Tunis during the week of May 18-22 while Miguel did a bit of sightseeing in the local area. We ended the trip with a four day jaunt to the central Tunisian city of Kairouan -- the fourth holiest city in Islam -- and then on to southwestern Tunisia (or at least as far south as you can go before hitting the Sahara) to visit the palm oases of Nefta and Tozeur.

This was the schedule:

May 15-22: Tunis
May 23-24: Kairouan
May 24-26: Nefta and Tozeur
May 26-27: Tunis

And for a visual, here was our route:


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