Tales from Tunisia

 

Asleema!

And welcome to my first few hours back in Tunisia, this is about my 3000000 visit ( that really is only a slight exaggeration), and I am trying a hotel I haven't been to. It is in between Port El Kantaoui and Sousse.

After a drive up the A1 to the airport at 2am in the morning and then managing to get checked in straight away, I headed straight for champagne. Then a nightmare flight with a screaming baby and a guy from Middlesbrough who had no volume control, any chance of sleep went out the window.

Arrived at Enfidaville in a full on storm , the plane landing was reminiscent of  our landing in Iceland March 2022, except we could get straight off the plane.

Then I was sent  by rep to get in the 'mini bus', outside the door on the right,I walked the length of the car park to be told they had changed to a coach!!! Had to walk back in the pouring rain, saying words that a lady should never say!

Anyhow  got to the lovely hotel and had my all inclusive band on in 30 secs flat and the a cocktail in hand in less than a minute, this is the life

Headed for lunch and had a lot of salad ( I will reboot my Mediterranean diet this hol).

I then set off in the rain for a walk down the beach

This view is a huge part of the last 50 years of my life, I have been coming to Tunisia since the mid 1970's and  how always loved it. I can name nearly all the hotels on the beach front going into town ( to be continued).

The pictures show the Tour Khalef, the first hotel that I stayed in, as with all the hotels now on the beach they have strong security after the killings a few years ago.

The Tour Khalef  was way ahead of its time with amazing branding on everything from curtains, to soap boxes. All based on the star shapes that you can see in the picture, these house the balconies. And the logo also  featured THE Tour Kahlef which is the lighthouse.

 

I will try to post more pics of the hotels I have stayed at as the week goes on .

In the meantime, I am now off to enjoy a bit of all inclusive.