Tunisia 27 April 2007

Another early start. Coach north into the foothills of the Atlas Mountains to Thuburbo Majus, founded in 5th century BC.

Extensive site with Capitol, forum, winter and summer baths, a public gymnasium and private houses.

Continued on through changing scenery as the hills become more evident. Pass through villages with men sitting out drinking thick, black coffee. In spite of reforms, it is always exclusively a male pastime.

After lunch reach Dougga. The scale is incredible. And so much is intact - the Capitol, theatre, forum, streets, houses, bath complex. Even a public loo! There is a real sense of the town as it was. And the setting, up in the hills with a tremendous view across the valley, is spectacular.