Day in Djerba

For our last day down South, Catherine and I spent the say exploring Djerba- an island in the south of Tunisia. It is quite a famous island known for their beautiful beaches and there are also many Jews who live there too.

The sweet lady who runs the hotel we stayed at got a taxi driver to escort us around the island which was much appreciated!

We started our tour at the Jewish Synagogue.

It was absolutely mesmerizing inside! It was very Tunisian with the blue and white and gorgeous tiles. 

I also loved the ceilings.

It was very neat and facisinating to see a Jewish synagogue here in Tunisia. The highlight of my trip!

Our next stop was Djerbahood. This is a neighborhood where in 2014 many artists from around the world came to paint beautiful murals on the walls, doors and even roofs of homes and buildings. It was very cool to see! Such beauty and talent!

There were also most the beautiful doors in this neighborhood that I could not resist taking pictures of. So gorgeous!

Our final stop on our tour was to the beach! And oh my gracious, it did not disappoint! It was breathtaking! Such clear water and we loved the rocks and moss too!

Day 3: Star Wars and Stunning Landscapes

On the last day of our tour, we woke up, packed up and looked out at our view from our hotel while chatting. Then all of a sudden we looked up and saw the mountain town was covered with a cloud. Just like that. It was covered! It was just crazy to us how fast it happened!

After breakfast, we packed up and headed to our first stop- the caves of Ghomrassen. There are paintings on rocks from thousands of years ago. 

A Cow

Other animals I cannot remember

This painting is peeling

Our next stop was Ksar Hedada that was a set of Star Wars for the "The Phantom of the Menace". This is a local ksar that they built the set around. 

It was neat to imagine where they were filming and where the stars stood and what they did. It was really quite beautiful.

Afterwards we started our long trek to Matmata which was through the mountains but there was beautiful landscape all along the way! It did also include a lot of carsickness but it sure was beautiful!

Do you see the dinosaur up there? We saw a couple of hills like this. Crazy!

Love the everyday life of those living in the moutainside!

Once we made it to the Matmata area, we stopped at a neighboring Berber village called Tamezret. It was beautiful with beautiful views. 

These cute little doors never get old to me!

So after that my camera battery died, my cell phone memory got full, yada yada yada. I know I took more pictures but I cannot find them. We explored a Troglodyte home (open roof with covered rooms circled around it) and saw Matmata. Then we took the fairy back to Djerba and James flew back to Tunis. Catherine and I spent the day exploring Djerba. That blog's next!