Tunisia’s Troglodyte Berber Villages 🦇 Life in a Cave!
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- Опубліковано 6 лип 2024
- Day 144. 41km (79917kms 7yrs)
The only problem with camping in such a tucked away spot is that you catch no breeze in there, and the room holds its warmth surprisingly late into the night. But it was superbly private and I enjoyed pottering about getting myself ready for the day.
I was revisiting two Berber villages that I’d been to already with my dad on our trip south. The first, Guermessa was - incredibly - even quieter than my last visit when one small tour bus had briefly stopped by. Today it was just me and a handful of men having a heated discussion in the shade outside the mosque. I revisited my favourite bits, spotting new details the second time around, and climbed the summit I’d regretted skipping last time.
From Guermessa it was a flattish ride to Chenini, though these Berber villages are built into the rock face so there is always a steepish final climb to reach the complexes. Up here surrounded by troglodyte homes in the middle of the desert is the unlikely spot that I learned Britain had had its long over due change of government 🥳
Now mid afternoon it was pretty hot, so again I just revisited the stand-out parts of the sprawling ancient town before setting out to find a place to camp. Climbing up the valley camping options were limited. I wanted a flat bit hidden from the road but with very little vegetation there wasn’t a lot to choose from. On top of that the presence of another vehicle ruled out some of these otherwise promising camp sites. At last I found a place directly behind a thick low olive tree which completely hid my tent from roadside view, but it wasn’t until darkness fell that I felt rather more confident at not being found.
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Interesting village built into the earth, no doubt cooler. 😊
Exactly! Until the advent of air-conditioning the only reasonable solution in this climate 😅
Beautiful, i wish you a nice trip
Thank you very much! ☺️🚴🏻♀️🇹🇳
Good ❤
Hi! Thank you very much! 😁
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and Peace be upon you 🐴🐴🐴🐴😂😂😂
Thank you! Salam allekum
Looks like you were the only person around the area all day - until you started looking for a camp spot :) . P.S. Great news indeed about the UK government! Right now fingers crossed the French result will be equally good tonight.
Yes!! No tourists but plenty of farmers 😂🤣
The mill wouldn't be turned by slaves as Berbers/Bedouis didn't have slaves. It would be worked by housewives. Slavery was abolished in 1834, and the use of that tool was more recent in Tunisia.
Huh. The local tour guide said it was slaves. Maybe a mistranslation for wives 😆
How old was the place where the slaves were working the mill? Dani would like to know please. 🙏
The village of Chenini dates to 12th century. The local guide told us it was slave operated, and while a google check says there were slaves in North Africa at this time, it also says it’s more likely to have been driven by camels or donkeys. I can’t find any hard facts on the subject since it was questioned by another commenter..
@@helsonwheelsthanks for the information. Dani wanted to know. I do however think the cave houses are very cool.
@Matty_76 aren’t they! Yeah the modern ones are about the size of a shipping container.. 😉
@@helsonwheelsim still not finished mine. 😂
@Matty_76 😆 just like on these house reno shows - the project always comes in more expensive a lengthier job then planned 😆