The southern sands of Tunisia. Off road raid along the desert

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We are a group of friends who love the Sahara all Land Rover enthusiasts, we accepted with enthusiasm the trip to Libya that was to be organized by the Italian Registry Land Rover, imagine the disappointment when less than a month before leaving the Land of a step back and undo the trip! But taken from the sacred fire desertifero, after several searches are the agency that is proposing Tunisia; early decision, it is accepted. In retrospect: EXCELLENT DECISION.
Departure quiet calm sea, the usual speeches, the usual boring, the usual documents.
Arriving in Tunis later in the evening and immediately start ... First Step KAIROUAN: dinner and overnight. The next day, starting at 8 Other asphalt until Tataouine.
Fuel: diesel oil for machinery, fuel for the bikes, bread and fruit for us. We are definitely aiming to supply the south but there were no delay, and soon after, we decide to go out and do dall'asfalto the first field, we prove for the first time the amendment to the Range adapted to "Camper", "suite", in my opinion . The progress is very rapid and excellent comfort, also confirmed in the morning after we wake up refreshed and not at all "ailments", I would say very good shape. You try to restart soon but not quite there to! This morning is a motorcycle that has decided to make the whims. At 9 about it again. We are on the stony track towards Borj Bourguiba; all goes peacefully, joking and laughing with us by communicating via radio. At the fort, control documents, cigarette distribution, and smiles again, still heading south. We are on a rocky trail, we come to another fort (Bori Jenin). Visit the source. It is late and trying to find a place to camp. Silting almost collectively. We plan to 31/12 and the salute to the old year and celebrate the new. Dinner with lentils and cotechino, champagne, hugs and kisses are definitely tired we decide not to wait for the midnight fireworks of pragmatics. Start at ten barrels, the greetings, the hugs. The satellite is under pressure for the greetings to friends and relatives in Italy. In the morning we resumed, un po 'di dunette then the pipe line, always in a southerly direction, goal: Borj El Khadra, but it will arrive tomorrow. Meanwhile we are on what looks like a road. Illusion. With just a few miles, and if not accelerate the pace we run the risk that the bolts of our off-road it out but detached from the machine. Stop! Still all. The first drilling. This is Paul. Has the mania of being ahead of everyone and some ghignetto you see when you pass by, however, immediately after stopping to help change the wheel. Roberto brings cheri at mon-sir. Poor deluded if you think that does not even take advantage of us boys. Result box ends in a flash. We are always on the pipe, but when it ends the Toul ondulé began a series of large sand dunes by the wind flow, some are overcome with ease. Nicola has given the wheel to Rossella, Guido traveling out on the sand to avoid the stones and when the path is blocked pipe falls on without looking, Rossella nails, the accident is avoided, but Rossella has surrounded the discovery of the snout in the sand until the radiator. It spala, you pull out the strop to place a car driving on solid ground.
Bir Pistor then to the border with Libya, Berber village abandoned for some time.
We continue on to Borj el Kadra where we supply the "caboose", we witness the wrapping and baking of bread by a Tunisian, we can admire the beautiful roses of the desert. Here the water is in abundance, take advantage to wash and remove some 'of the sand that have accumulated on the hair and skin. In the early afternoon, you depart, and we direct the sands del'Erg Abiod. The evening arrived and soon we will stop for the field. In the morning again, there are only dunes and sand, the fun is provided by various silting. Diesel fuel is scarce and we strive rights on El Borma, the last kilometers them do follow a sandy track. Fuel for off-road and for people. It restarts right away, do a backward part of the track then we go on the dunes, the first cord is passed quietly but with different insabbiature in second cord now when we are almost at the top, Guido, in a leap, it dies with the muzzle Defender of the Maggiolina comes off almost entirely. All still less to repair the worst damage. When Nicola again climbs the rear bumper of the jeep to Roberto, was almost certainly, is embossed on the ground and one foot takes a terrible wrong. This time we are still yet to check the damage to the foot of Niki. Fortunately the accident. But before they can use again, it was necessary to inject a bandage and painkillers. Anna (doctor) says that probably there is no break but would need to rest. Meanwhile time passes and continue to the planned path becomes difficult. We need to redo the road map. You again, Nicholas is able to drive with some difficulty. We head towards the runway. Field in the midst of the dunes. In the morning we reach the track and the radio-car Claudio warning to the contrary-are the machines of the "Paris Dakar". At intervals, cross bikes, cars, trucks. Paola cb from continuing to report all the machines that crossed not serve now that everyone knows, but she continues. Finally heard from cb - "radioMaria" know-but undeterred Paola continues to report motorcycle, trucks, rocks, cunette machines. Only days later, after azzittirà to the field we have taken out a little 'all.
All of a sudden the track above a plane, helicopter and then a side track a gazebo is a place to control the "Paris Dakar" of course we stop for photos of the rite.
The return trip and follow the pipe line but the slope almost does not exist. We follow the two pipelines closer or departing on the basis of the conditions of the fund. Of fuel in the storage of Kamour. Continue along the pipes of the pipe line. Then turn towards Kasar Ghilane. There are entire convoy of Nissan participating in the "Paris-Dakar", is their day of rest. In the morning again, but other road almost to the ground, I will have to travel occasionally stopping to swell, the other, that of light is repaired to the least worst, and I want to use it only in cases of genuine emergency. We're heading on Matmata.
But now the journey can be called over, the day after a long ride on asphalt to Hammamet, visit the medina, another night Tunis direction for boarding and reach Genoa.
Here the usual hugs and greetings intentions of repeating the experience as soon as possible. In fact, a handful of limited number and all with experience in common is actually the most rational one can find for this type of travel.

My sincere thanks to the guides and Claudio Fenello Margherita Coletta, who also recently appointed on whether these lines are certainly the backbone of the whole trip.
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