Tunesia: 1993
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Ferry Genoa-Tunis
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Fabulous mountainous landscapes, oases with palm trees and the monotony of the sun-burnt desert steppe
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looking down on Chott el Gharsa
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Soil erosion due to overgrazing through goats and sheep.
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Old town of Tamerzas, situated between two wadi. The houses are built of stones and sun-dried clay tiles.
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rock shapes – as if formed by hand
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waterfall of 8 meters of height in the wadi
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Prickly pear plants are used as fences and to mark borders. The fruits are juicy, tasty and have a lot of seeds.
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Nomadic herdsmen and their “mobile home”: Functional tent scaffold with tent blanket.
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The men’s clothes: Djellabah (looks to us like a night gown and shesh (a kind of turban).
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Berber women wear dresses reaching down to their ankles, with patterns in shiny colours. They don’t cover their face.
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Status symbols consist of plenty of jewellery, ornamental face tattoos as well as henna-dyed hair and hands.
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The gate to the Sahara: the oasis of Douz.
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On the road between Douz and Ksar Ghilane.
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Nestled on a mountain saddle: the Berber village of Chenini.
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To protect themselves against the invasion of the Arabs, the Berber built caves and castles to escape to into the mountains, which are difficult to get to.
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Chott el Djerid, the Sahara’s largest salt lake. It can be crossed on a road on a dam of a length of 40 km.