BikeAbout the Mediterranean: Tunisia

BikeAbout-the Mediterranean was a nine-month, 11,000-kilometer circumnavigation of the Mediterranean Sea... by bicycle. The BikeAbout team visited Tunisia from October 17, 1997 to November 9, 1997. To read about what happened, see any of the following trip dispatches:

October 17-18, 1997, Tunis, Tunisia: Topics: Port of Tunis, economy, agriculture, border crossing
October 19-20, 1997, Tunis, Tunisia: Topics: brik (food), environment, Bizerte, wildlife, Utique (Utica), mosaics, Punic tombs
October 21-22, 1997. Tunis, Tunisia: Topics: medina, harissa (food), computer technology
October 23, 1997, Tunis, Tunisia: Topics: olives, economy, Carthage, HISTORY, Phoenicians, Punic Wars, architecture, hammams (baths)
October 24-25, 1997, El Haouaria & Hammamet, Tunisia: Topics: Phoenicians, Punic artifacts, El Haouaria, falconry, environment, vegetation
October 26, 1997, Sousse, Tunisia: Topics: Crêpes (food), women in society, Maghreb, tourism, maps, navigation, GPS
October 27, 1997, Sousse, Tunisia: Topics: Salade méchouia (food), ribat, mosque, rules of the road, medina, catacombs, daily life
October 28-29, 1997, Kairouan, Tunisia: Topics: makroud (food), bike tech, Great Mosque in Kairouan, history, architecture, Bizantines, caravans
October 30, 1997, El Jem/El Djem, Tunisia: Topics: Emperor Gordian I, Roman Amphitheater
October 31-November 1, 1997, Sfax, Tunisia: Topics: agriculture, olives, culture, daily life, access for the disabled
November 2, 1997, Gabès, Tunisia: Topics: bicycle tech, tourism
November 3, 1997, Matmata, Tunisia: Topics: agriculture, Hollywood films, cinema, "STAR WARS," "troglodyte" (cave) homes
November 4-7, 1997, Djerba, Tunisia: Topics: ojja (food), Odysseus/Ulysses, Homer, HISTORY, Ghirba ("Marvelous") synagogue, diaspora, agriculture, fondouks (caravanseries), tourism, economy, health care, education, human rights
November 8-9, 1997, Gabès & Tunis, Tunisia: Topics: tajine (food), mosaics, art and artifacts, Punic artifacts, mosque

In addition to reading these dispatches, we encourage you to visit these resources:

BikeAbout Tunisia Scrapbook: Photos and sounds gathered by the BikeAbout team; maps of Tunisian coast.
About Tunisia: Basic facts about Tunisia's government, economy, and people; links to other sources of information on the 'Net. Compiled by BikeAbout.


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