Day 2 dawned a beautiful day which meant only one thing, breakfast at 6.30am and on the beach by 7.15am, Yes I really did, got a nice spot on the beach and settled down for some serious tanning time. My nose was looking very swollen despite ice packs and my eyes slowly turning black,so shades were de rigour.
A couple of dips in the sea made for a wonderful morning, and I decided at 2pm to get ready and head up to Port El Kantaoui.
The Port was built in 1979 around an artifical harbour, I first stayed there in 1982 in the stunning Diar el Andalous apartments, there is a very long story about this stay, which includes a cat giving birth on our doormat and so much rain it was coming out of the kitchen units.
I later stayed at the Hannibal Palace
Beautiful hotel, lovely grounds and right in the Port itself.
The entrance to the Port is rather grand I always think
There are many tourist shops in the port, I was looking for a corkscrew and was offered one in 'genuine stainless steel' for 49DT ( about £13.50), I couldn't be bothered to haggle over a corkscrew so headed off to the Magasin General where I 'surprisingly' got a 'genuine stainless steel' one for 8DT ( about £2.20)
You've got to admire him for trying and normally I would haggle but yesterday was not one of those days. As for said corkscrew, well I know its obvious but I will reveal more before I go home.
I then got a little surprise when I went round a corner and found a camel in an enclosure
I don't like animals in enclosures and this poor camel should have been with other camels, however it looked remarkably well looked after.
It was a lovely afternoon, I did get a taxi both ways and I now know that the doors close too quickly on most of them so I am now very , very careful.
Day 2 done and dusted. here we go day 3.
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