Our hotel on the first morning. We were feeling very happy that our booking got changed from the one over the road so we effectively got a free upgrade from a 3-star dump to a decent 4-star place.

The walls of the big mosque in Sousse. This quite possibly turned up in Monty Python's Life of Brian which was filmed in Tunisia.

A pottery shop in the medina at Sousse. The building used to be an old caravanserai and while Jayne was browsing pots a young lad there showed me round the balconey and the old traders' rooms upstairs. After that he let us up on the roof to see the view.

The magnificent Roman amphitheatre at El Jem. Now this definately *was* in the Monty Python film and I had to resist the urge to walk down the aisles shouting "Get your wolf-nipple chips!"

Chas getting into the holiday spirit at El Jem. After the amphitheatre we went to the museum which was equally impressive. Some brilliant 2nd- and 3rd-Century mosaics that were almost complete and huge, as well as extensive archaeological digs and a Roman villa (reconstructed)

The ribat at Monastir. For all I know Monty Python filmed here too - gives me an excuse, if any were needed, to watch the film again.

A railway line that goes across a salt lake, crossed by a road that goes the other way across the lake. I took a walk across the lake via the road to visit the nearest village - Sahline: named for its historical connection with producing salt. I was fascinated by the railway as it reminded me of the one in Spirited Away that ends up going underwater.

Part of the fort at Sousse. Yet another remarkably well-preserved building. I do like the way they look after this stuff in Tunisia and have no problem with them patching up and repairing antiquities which is far more interesting to look at than the 100% authentic but distictly underwhelming fragments of Loondon's wall for example.