floating in the clouds

Back to Tunisian posts! We had another little escapade out into the culture of Tunisia by visiting The Great Mosque and learning its history and significance to the people of Tunisia, I've never been very religious but found this so fascinating to learn about, and the building itself is so beautiful and has an overwhelming feel of calmness. After The Great Mosque we visited a slightly newer mosque which is 300 years old. This one had a more 'modern' feel to it, in the sense it was a bit more than just stone. It was decorated by really gorgeous tiling and archways. The third place we visited was the place I took the most photos at. It was a fake Taj Mahal, built for the use of a film, and once the film had finished it was converted into an actual place of worship. Photos start with the fake Taj Mahal: The next photos are from The Great Mosque: The Great mosque is the most precious mosque in Tunisia, it was originally built in 670 AD but was rebuil...

Following on from my photo diary yesterday, I wanted to talk about one of the more adventure-y side of things I did in Tunisia. On our ninth day there we took a trip to the inland to visit some of the country's historic and cultural sites. We took a coach down, where at the absolute crack of dawn we were given a brief history lesson on Tunisia's culture, on how it became an independent country, where its main source of income comes from and a general look into its past. I love things like this so I was on the edge of my seat so invested in what this guy was saying, others were less as enthusiastic at 7am and slept through it all. Our first destination was the El Jem colosseum, which is the colosseum which was used in the film Gladiators, it's quite often the one used for films because it is more... 'put together' than the one in Rome which has eroded a little more over time. The building has so much history behind it, it's so surreal visiting places like this a...