Travel to Egypt 2007: crossing Tunisia (Part 1 and 9)

This trip has been decided in a time of 24 hours: this year it was decided to make New Year in Spain and in January for a ride from Barcelona to Seville with some friends in Turin and in summer the UK, unfortunately after the feast of the end year we had to return home quickly, having been informed by our neighbor, for a gas leak for which they had to step in the Fire Department, after settling back to our failure was impossible to resume the journey home and find friends who had continued travel alone.
Tina by chance, my wife, Plein Air Act on an ad a couple of campers who was organizing a trip to Egypt, once the phone call, just send the program once the affirmative, and immediately the purchase of maps, guides and news searches on the trip, all in 24 hours.
We are ready ... ... ... ... let's go!!
Sketch is not so much agree, but then you get used to.

Consumption of the motor home was km. 8.65 per liter of diesel, in reference to roads and temperatures, we have not been excessive.

Overheads:

- Diesel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .... € 371.00
- Souvenir ... ... ... ... ... ... .... 334.00
- Restaurant ... ... ... ... ... ... .. 138.00
- Camping / Parking ... 56.00
- Revenue museums / sites varied. 90.00
- Ferry ... ... ... ... ... ... .... 1037.00
- Highway ... ... ... ... ... .... 53.00
- Tips ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .. 150.00
- Maps ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .... 34.00
- Stamp passports ... ... ... .. 81.00
- Package for visas / guides
Assistance / escort and bus 2850.00

TOTAL ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .. € 5194.00
Food ... ... ... ... ... ... .... 568.00

TOTAL ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .. € 5762.00

 

Caorso - Autogrill - 0/372 - fine weather

We left around 11 o'clock, last night I had one of my usual gripes that did not make me sleep, as usual busy highway, we're still in un'autogrill seems pretty quiet, and tomorrow morning we'll be in Genoa.
Careless as usual, I lost the cap of the oil again, for now I'm done with a rag and some adhesive tape, tomorrow I will see to adjust a plug of luck getting to the distributor.

Genoa - Port parking - 187/559 - fine weather

Arrived in Genoa in the late morning, just looking for a workshop to tighten the fan belt that putting new departure, it was loose, so after we found wandering near the cemetery in Staglieno, unfortunately it was noon and we had wait for the reopening afternoon, ten minutes and immediately repairing broken by one of the port, we are the first, not here yet none of our companions, who will know tomorrow morning.

Genova - Kartage ship - 0/559 - rainy

Morning waiting, arriving a few at other participants in the trip, we do know of new arrivals are, at first view, friendly people and an expert in this kind of travel, not for newbies ... .. ... ... .., in the afternoon after a endless queue on the boat to go up last, after we close the ramps, the current connection with the taking shucco, there being taken for all castles had to be done with sockets and double sockets, however, all had the power, departure at 18 Time delays in planned, we finally take a shower cabin restaurateur.
Dinner with soup and steak with a side of pasta with butter, a piece of stale cheese and a dessert.
Everyone to bed excited about this new adventure

Hammamet - service station park - 50/609 - fine weather

Quiet night, calm sea, breakfast (from 7 to 9) good.
Morning dedicated to the customs, unlike the previous time, will be on board and not on the ground, Tina is already lining up to perform the various practices, but Louise is responsible for her to do it all, unfortunately the delivery of documents, we lack permission to conduct, the office is now closed, must do so on the ground.
TIP: before leaving the half-course with you our passports and vehicle registration, will be used to make customs.
Lunch at 11.30: the Tunisian couscous with fish and vegetables, I eat better.
Arrival at about 15.30, the car must be left free to 15, with timely stock and barrel we present the top of the stairs, break that will last until 16.30, the cat locked in a cage could not take any more, followed by the chaos of hundreds of people who throng to reach the hold where the different bridges are arranged the means, fortunately, since we last climbed the first to go into reverse.
Tina goes to the counter for the missing document and a brief exit from Customs, the last time we did it all in more than three hours, all the better!
We meet at the exit of customs at La Goulette and head for the highway, after refueling we are now stuck in a parking lot, toast, offered by Tony, for the arrival in Africa, then to dinner with all the agreement to start at 7 o'clock tomorrow morning.

Tunisia/Libya border - police station park - 522/1131 - cloudy / sunny 22°C / rainy

epart 7 am today transfer stage, still a little Highway then take the road to Tripoli on the way we see the many olive and fruit plantations, picturesque villages with many small carts pulled by donkeys and a few tractors along the road we see so many sheep hung on a nail: slaughtered and skinned still dripping with blood and then be chopped and cooked on the grill, this macabre spectacle unfortunately is their religious custom, the animal must be killed to be eaten this way and no other way.
Before lunch, Tony still uncork a bottle of Prosecco, I offer my less Tocai, strictly in plastic bottle for ease of storage and disposal of the vacuum.
This evening after Bir Qirdan and after several checkpoints to reach the border, arranged in a square in front waiting for the morning to do customs and meet the escort that will take us to the Libyan border with Egypt, over dinner and it knocks us Luisa warns that the police do not want that we pause in this place and we must return back, but again we get back to where indicated, at a roadblock allow us to stay for the night, safer way !!!!... .......... we even watch.
While returning from the border, unfortunately, a small incident after overtaking a car and a sudden return to the arrival in the opposite direction of another car, hit one of our campers, fortunately without any damage, unfortunately the fact is repeated every Once, when it's dark in these countries and best not circular, there are always drivers who go without knowledge of any sort, it went well ... ... .. ... ... .... but what happened could happen to us in Turkmenistan are came off the road with considerable damage.
Tip: Do not travel at night


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Metameur - 300/10716 - private park - cloudy / sunny

Continued from "Egypt 2007" Part Eight

Departure at 7, you go to Sabra with its Roman ruins, many of the group are visiting this site very interesting, as we have already seen, and we rest, Tina used the opportunity to buy carpets in a small shop where the seller Fluent in the Italian having been several years in Italy.
We're back to 15 during the drive, unfortunately, a stone thrown, I can not tell whether a person or a car, I broke the glass in the corner of the windshield: I heard a bang and a cloud of splinters me hit in the face, luckily I was wearing sunglasses and I did not hit his eyes, radio Tina Louise warned that halted the column, immediately rushed Luciano and Tony with transparent adhesive tape and to strengthen the silver and brown have held the hole, so they can leave without problems, would have been much worse if the glass had been struck the central one.
We stop in a small but picturesque village on a hill and on top of the village we park in the courtyard of an ancient building typical of the place where we find water and electricity.
In the evening we celebrate the birthday of Angela and Emmanuel, that they have made in recent days, but there was an opportunity to celebrate with the last bottle of wine and prosecco, a cake, the developed pavesini and dried fruit, the inevitable resumption of our television operator Luciano was smiling in the evening past, Carl has praised a poem dedicated to all of us, jokingly, gave us a gift in rhyme, as a good Tuscan was a good speaker, Tony with the supervision of Jim and Rita for the literary part of Silvana and graphics, presented his work on parchment, listing the stages of our fabulous trip.

Tunisi - 480/11196 - Park - cloudy

After leaving the parking lot of Metameur you go to Tunis with a stop at 13 at El Jem, with its gigantic coliseum, visited last time, after lunch, while others visited the monument, we made a little 'spending: bread, fruit and a butcher, with the supervision of Angela, dell'abbacchio before 1 kg then 2 and finally 3 and also to finish the leg, I have again the freezer full.
At 15, it starts up again, after a road between olive groves you enter a freeway, as in France we have paid three times, total 4.700 dinars, arriving in Tunis, map in hand and my suggestions and Anely, Chief Louise took us to a large parking lot already used the last time on the Rue Mohamed V, 7 dinars for the night and another 7 in the morning.
Tina with others in the group toured the center and the Medina and I cooked dinner, my foot is better but I do not want to force.
In the meantime I've brought back to the computer the rhyme of Charles, is too beautiful.

Carthage - museum parking - 31/11227 - sunny / cloudy

Part of the group traveled by subway to visit the museum and then travel back from Medina, some had to buy the latest things.
Me and Tina later on we went to the Medina in search of Italian newspapers and to phone, unfortunately the phone has abandoned us, everything is black, the phone we could find, but the paper no.
In the afternoon we moved to Sidi Bou Said quaint village with white houses and blue shutters, very nice, parking in the town was full we had to go back to that in the suburbs and rebuild the road on foot.
Returned to the camper we moved to Carthage in the Punic port, parked in the square next to the museum, after a short visit to what remains of this berth for ships other than we got back to their camper each after dinner one last drink with the remnants of bottles of liquor and various biscuits, Gino has declaimed his poem dedicated to Charles in an ironic tone with only one result: laughter to no end.

Cartate ship – 19/11246 – fine / calm sea

Before leaving I made the supply of diesel fuel to finish the last Tunisian dinars.
Tony has problems with campers, SuperBruno has a final speech to be done.
Transfer to the port of La Goulette, after a long queue, we finally boarded, the usual problem for the connection of the current with a single outlet.
Navigation quiet and very fast.

Majano - home - 509/11755 - sunny

Crossing fast, we got started late in advance, usually traffic on the stairs to the camper, unlike the last time the ship opens the doors so they can get off the bow does not reverse, leaving the fastest ship, before landing had agreed among all participants to greet piazzeta found in a leg, unfortunately arrived at that place, there is a bar and you can not stop, greeted the two crews who were with us, leave the port and head towards' highway.
With Sergio, my friend, it was decided to spend Easter with his entire family, but I warn you that the phone must remain in his mountain home, so the festival is postponed, it is now late afternoon and the road to home is long, I decide to go on to resist when, after a stop and a nap of 30 minutes to break down and get home late at night.
After 45 days we are at home, Sketch jumps down from the camper and ran into the garden, check out his possessions.
It 'was all very beautiful and interesting, we are tired but happy to have made this journey, we have dinner and straight to bed for a restful sleep ... ... ... ... ... what time has told Louise that game?? ... ... ... ... .. is not a dream ... ... ... ... is a nightmare !!!!!