El Djem was without doubt spectacular. Crapped on Carthage! The
world’s best preserved (so said the tour guide) and third largest
Roman ampitheatre after the Coliseum capable of seating 35,000 spectators. Even
better there is less traffic around the place as its not situated in the middle
of a capital city!! Proclaimed a World Heritage Site in 1979 its largely
intact- albeit quite a few stones ended up in the Great Mosque in Kairouan or
for house building in El Djem.
Sadly I was ill this day so could only gaze
at it from the outside as I didn’t think my rear would sustain going up and
down so many stairs. Still it was impressive!!
Then on to the Sahara. This was actually one of the nicest nights of the trip, the desert was beautiful to watch unfurling in its colours.I started off with a camel ride to a deserted fort, narrowly avoiding the attention of my Bedouin guide, followed by a long walk then a morning horse ride.
Bliss!! All in all a worthwhile inclusion into the 1000 places to see before you die book!
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