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Yesterday the wife and I decided it might be a good idea to go for a short ride out. This short ride turned into a trip around the Cap Bon Peninsular here in Tunisia. A total of almost 250 kilometres

After breakfast we left our hometown of Hammamet and headed out towards the town of Grombalia about 20k from Hammamet and onto Mornag. We then turned North and headed towards Soliman and on out towards Korbouson the coast overlooking the Bay of Tunis, on a good clear day Tunis can be seen along with the port of La Goulette. After about an hours break we set off North again along the coastal road towards El Haouria, the most northerly point of the peninsular before heading South towards Kerkouane and onto Kelibia for a lunch stop. After this stop we headed on towards Korba and Nabeul before reaching Hammamet and home for tea.

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22 minutes ago, rightstuff said:

Hamamet is a dump like all of Tunisia been twice never again thieving ragheads

When were you here and where about's in Hammamet?

We been coming since 2008 and had house here for 6 years living here for the last 3 and had no trouble at all. It fact it's the complete opposite of what you're saying where we are. Locals can't do enough for the British, obviously no matter where you go in the world you will get the customary "dickhead" who spoils it for everyone else and gets remembered for their actions. At least here the police do act straight away and deal with the problem, unlike the UK where they sit with their thumbs up their arses and protect the criminal and not the victim, unless you happen to be riding a motorbike then they screw you at every opportunity they get with the fixed penalty ticket. Plus over here just about everybody has scooter or bike as their mode of transport and bike are given priority over cars at junctions etc.  

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19 minutes ago, Steve_M said:

Looks awful. Where’s the mud, grit, potholes, grey skies? 😂

So sorry for the lack of grey skies and crap weather, we do get rain and clouds every no and then😂

With regards to grit and mud etc we do have access to that large sand mass called the Sahara desert which is about 6hrs from us so there's plenty of scope to "play" if you get my drift😊

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45 minutes ago, MikeHorton said:

Yup me too spent our honeymoon in Sousse great people loved the markets, respected their culture and country and they couldn't have made us any more welcome. 

It may be a Muslim country but they don't ram it down your throat like they do in certain places in the UK. In fact one of the biggest Catholic Cathedrals outside of Rome is in Tunis. Plus when it comes to priorities football definitely comes before religion

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1 minute ago, MikeHorton said:

We actually had a brewery tour at a small micro brewery just outside Sousse local Muslim guy ran it too he was allowed sell it in his own 2 bars. Did a v refreshing baverian style pilsner 

There's a chateau about 15 minutes from us that do their own wines that you can buy on site and the missus loves it. And if I'm honest it not too bad and I'm not a wine drinker either. The local supermarket in town has an alcohol section that sells just about very form of alcoholic drink you can buy including imported ones. Not bad for a Muslim country lol😊 And people ask why we decided come and live here.

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