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At 2:00
PM
November 3, 1997
Sunrise (local):
6:37 a.m.
Sunset (local):
5:23 p.m.
Weather
85°F
Traveled Since Yesterday
0 mi / 0 km
Cumulative
977 mi / 1573 km
Lat:
33° 23' 33" N
Lon:
10° 05' 57" E
Elev:
1690 ft / 515 m
Fast Facts
Where We Are:
Matmata
Where We're Staying:
Centre des Jeunes, Gabès
Places We Visited:
Matmata
Featured Site:
Mos Eisley Cantina of the Sidi Driss Hotel, Matmata
Person of the Day:
Obiwan "Ben" Kenobi
What We Ate:
Food of the Day:
dates
Breakfast:
almond bread, yogurt, and
pomegranates
Lunch:
chicken sandwich
Dinner:
brik
, spaghetti, stuffed peppers, dates, and yogurt
Olive Count:
992
Word of the Day:
Menfadleka
means "welcome" in Tunisian Arabic.
Tech Fact of the Day
:
Tunisia has served on many occasions as the
shoot location
for some very famous foreign and Tunisian films.
Flat Count:
2
Broken Spoke Count:
10
Next Stop: Houmt Soukh (on the island of Djerba)!
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