After negotiating the confusing urban sprawl that surrounds El Kantaoui and neighbouring Sousse we headed south and, much to our delight, managed to squeeze in more Roman ruins at Sbeitla. This site, in the heart of Tunisia, has some spectacular buildings which are still quite complete, which made for some impressive views. However, as we had arrived at lunchtime we didn't hang around for too long, instead finding all the shade that was available to admire the scenery.
Sbeitla
And so onwards to the South. Which turned out to be seriously hot. Opening our air conditioned car door was like opening the oven door with the fan going and getting in. We timed our trip here with unseasonally hot weather, the temperature more typical of July and August. All the locals we spoke to were complaining about it. Today's forecast was 46C - a week ago it was 10C cooler.
Still we didn't let that spoil our trip, we saw plenty of unusual sights through the car windows and spent two nights in the region, one night in Tozeur and the second in Douz.
Sheep on a motorbike!
Safety-conscious goats recreate the Beatles' Abbey Road album cover!
Roadside camels
Say cheese
The roads around Tozeur are busy with tour groups
The journey between Tozeur and Douz crosses the salt lake of Chott El-Jerid with unusual pink streams where the water evaporates in the searing heat
At Douz we've found a wonderful oasis for ourselves, a hotel with two swimming pools, one indoor - essential for the girls - and a huge room to spread out and relax in. The girls loved it. Even the bath was a luxury for them, they had space to stretch out in after bathing in their blue buckets.
Bliss...
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