BÉJA! 隠れた宝石、青い街並みと秘密のビール 🍻 チュニジアの自転車ツーリング

BÉJA! 隠れた宝石、青い街並みと秘密のビール 🍻 チュニジアの自転車ツーリング

morning i don’t know what I’m doing unfortunately the OEG is booked tonight i would have really liked to have a day to sort of gather my thoughts um I need to change the money but how much money i don’t know how long I’m going to stay should I get a SIM card or not um which route am I even going um there’s things I’d like to see in the West but I know from last year the police will follow me if I’m anywhere near the Algerian border and that is a miserable experience so I guess I’ll take a route down through the guts of the country i already did a pretty substantial loop last year so um I’ll go down through the center I suppose i don’t know what there is to see there i don’t know if the police will follow me i’ll work it out as I go i’m leaving town in the direction of Beij about 70 kilometers away have changed money for a couple of weeks um I’m still undecided about the SIM card chunisia block your phones your imported phones IMEI after 30 days but I’ve got a new phone since I was last here so that shouldn’t be a problem nice tailwind for the morning what’s coming nobody know what Moyan beautiful nice to eat one of my favorite sandwiches again it even comes with a little salad on the foil [Music] mhm just been brought a super sweet sugary tea it’s all coming back to me now chinian oge number two not bad it also comes with an on suite this one with a bathtub and a window through to next door’s bathroom there’s also a bit of a peepphole in the door so I’ll plug that up otherwise not bad time for a quick spin around a local cheese made in Got my local cheese and I’ve not been allowed to pay it’s a community so nice i’ve forgotten about Chinesian bought my Chunisian Sim and for the first time in my life on the sandy Tunisian streets of this village I have 5G never in my life have I had 5G on my phone my guess is this the women’s station but there’s no signs not much to see here sometimes you get a nice view from the women’s section but it’s curtained off here perhaps they’ll let me visit the men’s section welcome lemonade admin i think I’m actually eating lemonade since I got back in the country oh my god so good nice man has just brought me leia cheers bathroom beers i’m not actually sure if the oz allows drinking so I’m just going to hide out in the absolute bomb side that is my room right now cheers

Days 105-106. 74km (88232kms 8yrs)

Over three trips back and forth I separately forgot my GoPro charger and battery, helmet & GoPro, and finally my wallet at the hostel. Luckily this is Tunisia so my things were never really at risk. But I was worried about my head. In all the rush to the border I hadn’t made any further plan; where would I go now? I’d hoped for a day to decompress, but the auberge was booked up tonight. Over coffee I tried to decided in which direction to go, how long I would stay in the country and therefor how much money I should change.. did I need a SIM card?..

In the end I set off towards Beja with two weeks of cash changed, no SIM. The first 20kms I retraced my steps east until the road turned south. A strong wind from the north west blew me up into the hills. Stops for cold Tunisian soft drinks and wraps brought back fond memories of my time here last year.

In Beja I booked two nights at the hostel so was able to organise myself and explore this lovely untouristed ‘hidden gem’ of a village. Whitewashed and painted bright blue, but faded and decaying somewhat, the old cobbled streets are utterly charming. People greeted me in the streets more confidently than in Algeria. But the generosity and welcome remain; In the market when I picked up some local cheese the man refused payment. By following the plastic beer wrapper garbage on the floor I found the secret side entrance to the supermarket where they sold every kind of alcohol. I picked up a couple of cold cans to drink in my room, and toast a return to lovely, easy, friendly Tunisia.

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