After a few days
in Tunis, I pressed on to Sousse,
a resort town about two hours down the coast from Tunis. It has a very long beach with calm and shallow water. The
corniche (boardwalk) is lined with all-inclusive hotels and inexpensive
restaurants. I stopped in Sousse just so I could
swim in the Mediterranean, but I decided to
stay there for my whole trip.
I did a lot of
moving around in Morocco.
Two days in Tangier, one in Fez, one in Marrakech, three in Agadir, and so on.
I was getting tired of carrying my luggage around every other day. My duffel
bag had gotten heavier since I had bought a rug for my friend and a shawl for
his grandmother. I only had to carry the souvenirs as far as Egypt. My
friends would take them from there. But it was getting awfully heavy. The
duffel alone weighed 25
kilograms.
Once in Tunisia, I
decided to stay put. I found that Sousse
makes a good base for exploring the country. You won't find any dramatic desert
ergs near Sousse,
but you will find gorgeous beaches on the coast and ancient Roman and Arab
cities inland. And if you get lucky with Expedia, like I did, you can stay in a
4-star hotel for $25 a night.
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