While North Africa’s smallest nation, Tunisia still has a wealth of attractions. The Carthaginians and ancient Romans left their mark. A 1,300 km (800 mile) coastline ensures no shortage of Mediterranean beach escapes. Star Wars fans will recognise sites including Tatooine and Mos Espa. Nature lovers have a range of… Continue reading
Tunisia can be thought of as a north Africa in miniature. Its Mediterranean coastline offers some excellent all-inclusive beach resorts. But the country also lays claim to desert dunes and an intriguing array of cultures. Its long human history envelopes some of the region’s most important periods too. However, its… Continue reading
The past weeks (and actually, months) have raced by like the pages of a flipbook. Taking my freelance status to heart, it means I’ve had my fingers in a variety of different pies, and have been able to explore a little of the Balkans – a part of Europe missing… Continue reading
As I headed for the Algeria-Tunisia frontier my path began to diverge from that of my great uncle more than the 75 years that separated our two journeys. A number of reasons for this existed, some more prosaic than others, for the most part coming down to the practicalities of… Continue reading
Leaving a place I’ve come to know and call home always fills me with feelings of anxiety. Yet, in leaving my rented flat in Cambridge after three years I am doing precisely that, and leaving behind another small group of good friends. Standing on the gravel outside the flat’s patio… Continue reading
The trouble with Mugabe’s apparent continuing election shenanigans in Zimbabwe – formerly the breadbasket of Africa – is that it tars the entire African continent with the same brush of unfree election cycles, which is simply no longer the case. Mali’s highly-praised presidential election just a few days before Zimbabwe’s… Continue reading
You can read about my 10 must have items for travel in my article for the website travelwithamate.com. Travelling with the smallest bag I can get away with, space is always at a premium. During Encircle Africa I used a 75 litre bag, but I usually get away with one… Continue reading
With only 4 km between Tabarka and Algeria, I have to cross over to Europe. Algeria is one of those places that makes getting a visa very very hard. So I board the Carthage for Marseille, France. I nap until its more or less time for sunset at 6.15 that… Continue reading
I´m the last to board a minibus to Tunis so we leave straight away, past the wind turbines catching the coastal winds outside of El-Haouaria. We climb olive-speckled hills to Soliman, and then travel another 30 km or so to Tunis. Tunis quickly felt like a friend´s unwelcoming elder brother;… Continue reading
It was very easy to find transport to Sfax and then to Mahdia. We’re never next to the sea, there is always a thin strip of land home to knarled old olive trees. Mahdia medina is thriving, with colourful tourist nicknacks contrasting the whitewashed walls. I walk to fort Borj… Continue reading
