Monthly Archives: January 2011

Well… plan is to cross into Egypt turn away from the coast before Alexandria and skirt round Cairo on the desert route to the resorts on the Red Sea and wait it out there. We tried and failed ….spent 4 … Continue reading →

Interesting trek down from Djerba in Tunisia to the border….Still a lot of military presence on the roads and heaven knows how many times we had to produce passports etc, anyway we made it to the “safe haven of Libya” … Continue reading →

Having decided to make a run from Tunis to the safe haven of Libya (?) and spent two days on the road explaining to militia, police and army who we were and what we were doing we made it to … Continue reading →

We came for supper with Chad and Daria on Wednesday for some tourist tips…and stayed till today must be some sort of record for a dinner invitation. Thank you both for everything! Chad and Daria’s lovely home….. Lucy and I … Continue reading →

…..rumour …rumour and counter rumour just as we thought it was getting better, it all seems to have fallen apart again. Went for a walk on the beach in the morning with Tatiana, Spencer and Winslow. Managed to do some … Continue reading →

Momentous day. Staying with friends in La Marsa north of Tunis so not in the van in a car park! I decided to go into town after two days in the house and last nights speech from the President about … Continue reading →

We had thought Tunisia would be the least exciting part of our trip…completely safe stable government etc etc…Not a bit of it… rioting on the streets! Keeping a very low profile after a couple of days in and around Tunis … Continue reading →

We had a change over on Tuesday after Christmas and George, Fergus and Pippa went home and some great friends Rollo and Ros, Mark and Fiona and Caroline came out to join us (with their suitcases) for the New Year. … Continue reading →