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Tunisia

Saharan Sand

Sahara Desert, Tunisia, August 2006 A colourful note:  the origins of the colour name desert sand are apparent when you observe how close it is to the Saharan sand.  Interestingly, it was used […]

Tooth Decay and Fashion Advice

“I told my dentist my teeth are going yellow. he told me to wear a brown tie.” -Rodney Dangerfield (American comedian and actor, 1921 – 2004) If we follow that dentist’s […]

Dust in the Desert

 “Rebellion without truth is like spring in a bleak, arid desert” – Khalil Gibran Copyright Debbie Smyth, 9 April 2015

Tunisia’s Ksar Trail

-where walls look like cliffs The ksour (singular: ksar, plural: ksour) of Tunisia, and the Maghreb in general, are  fortified villages, usually built on hilltops, and consisting of a group of connected houses, […]

Oranges and Lemons

A selection of oranges and lemons from Tunisia and Spain. Linked to Sunlit Sunday, Mosaic Monday and OYGIF. Posted by Debbie Smyth, 8 March 2015

Hot to Trot

Why not let these beautiful slippers take the heat! These jazzy images are created by making a heat map (using Picasa) of the following photo of slippers in a Tunisian […]