A trip through Italy, Sicily, Tunisia, Algeria and southern France . m H SFAX TO ENFIDAVILLE our way without lingering. We crossed more saltmeadows, and piles of salt are to be seen in everydirection. After traveling over 174 kilometers of perfectroad in a little over three hours, we drew up infront of the hotel and were warmly welcomedback to our old quarters. The next morning, Sunday, January 5, broke dulland cloudy. We left Sousse behind in a cloud ofdust, bound for the holy city of Kairouan, located,in the middle of the desert, some 60 kilometersinland from the sea. It is necessary to retr
A trip through Italy, Sicily, Tunisia, Algeria and southern France . m H SFAX TO ENFIDAVILLE our way without lingering. We crossed more saltmeadows, and piles of salt are to be seen in everydirection. After traveling over 174 kilometers of perfectroad in a little over three hours, we drew up infront of the hotel and were warmly welcomedback to our old quarters. The next morning, Sunday, January 5, broke dulland cloudy. We left Sousse behind in a cloud ofdust, bound for the holy city of Kairouan, located,in the middle of the desert, some 60 kilometersinland from the sea. It is necessary to retrace our steps for some tenor twelve kilometers over the road we had comethe night before to Msaken, at which point asharp turn to the right leads us westward for theremainder of the run. After Msaken the vegetation is left behind;gradually even the ubiquitous cactus disappearsand nothing but sand is to be seen in every direc-tion. The road is evidently difficult to keep up,and many were the wash-outs we had to nego-tiate. When approaching Kairouan we cameacross so
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