| While in Monastir we took a 3 day guided tour into southern Tunisia in a 4X4. The first day, Sunday, August 17, we traveled south, stopping first at El Jem, the third largest coliseum in the Roman world, built around 230 AD. Looking at this amphitheater, it was certainly easy to appreciate the far-reaching impact of the Roman Empire. The area south of El Jem was covered with olive trees, and at times we saw phosphate mining. In Gabes, we stopped at their Sunday market. From Gabes to Matmata, the landscape became rugged and barren. |
