Tunisia Travels

Monday we transferred to the El Mouradi Palace about a twenty minute hike from Port El Kantaoui. We went from four star all-inclusive to five star half-board. I question the five stars. The resort is huge and appears to be an older hotel, with smaller rooms, smaller chairs, smaller lobby (although just as elegant) and smaller pool. The Internet is slow and costs eight dollars an hour, so we will be off the grid much of the time. We were spoiled with all-inclusive free internet.
We no longer get free drinks and the port is the only place to get wine so our first priority was established. On our two kilometre walk, it became clear we were going in the right direction. Trails of tourists returned dangling plastic bags heavy with wine bottles. The “nouveau old” port funded by Kuwaiti money is clean and touristy, also a great destination for a barefoot walk on the beach.

It is a tough life, however we appreciate the variation in buffet food, as well as the twenty kilometres of beach and our easy access to the stretch of sugary sand.

Nearby Sousse is a delight. It cost less than 50 cents to get there by bus. The medina, though not as big as the one in Tunis, is full of interesting sights including the Ribat (an ancient fort of 859 vintage), the great Mosque, Turkish baths, an elegant old home converted into a museum, minarets- traditional square Tunisian brick and one fancy Turkish octagon- and of course shops and shops and salesmen. We’re not reacting so they’re having more trouble pegging our nationality to advance their sales pitch.