31/03/2015
Tuesday


The route of today go to the south, we leave the mountains and we will gradually see how it changes the landscape.



As expected the reception we meet again with the Police and kindly accompany us to the bank, today we need exchange money. Then we refuel heavily escorted. At the gas station some people are repairing the roof and two workers on a scaffold at the top, so we pay and remove the bikes do not need to tell us that decline, which removed the scaffolding so we can leave. Glups !!!, and those two up there, amazing!



At the exit of Le Kef police left us. The landscape is now flatter but still very green, see stops gasoline bulk "imported" from Algeria.



We arrived at the ruins of Sbeitla, begins to get hot and drink something. As the ruins are from outside, we get lazy, we take some pictures and continue towards Kasserine.


Kasserine is considered the focus of terrorism in Tunisia, Algeria and is very close to the mountainous terrain separates called Jebel Chambi.
We stopped at the entrance to the city to buy food, today we take a picnic.




As always out of town cops leave us. We stopped to take a picnic ... and pass the army!



Continue route, we try ride a road very close to the Algerian border, but a police checkpoint stops us. 4x4 police to accompany us ti the next village.



Arriving at Redeyef and here we have two options to reach the Oasis Chebika, Rommel Track or the road.

We make two groups:
01-Ramon, Panotxa I Perarnau (track Rommel)
02-Siso, Paula and Jaume (Road)

Rommel Track:
Huge landscapes, leave the green and down the mountains towards the plans. In the distance we see the salt lake Chott El Jerid and the beginning of the desert.



To take another geocache and rest some time.



We left behind the mountains.




Going to Tamerza for road:
Like us they also go down to the plains through Tamerza, Tozeur and its oasis.



We eat a good meals ans dring a good Tunisian wine and some s.




01/04/2015
Wednesday


The today route passes for the salt lake Chott el Djerid.



We remove the motorcycle from a makeshift parking a neighboring hotel kindly offered us once again to mount the alley pack, load bikes and start the route again.



The picture you see now are details of Tozeur in the morning, Ramon wake up and take a walk around the village, you can see things normally on the bike and the crowd will go unnoticed. A truckload of eggs, a football in the street, stunning petrol ancient ...
Tozeur is known for its brick buildings making different figures.



We take the road to Nefta, the second holiest city in Tunisia after Kaiouran. The road with very little traffic is not expected towards the border.
We reached Hezoua village bordering Algeria, we are minded that we find a police checkpoint and let us move along the road close the border. The border is closed, there is a queue of trucks waiting their opening advantage to buy water at the moment nobody says anything. We are looking for the road and do not see anywhere but on a street that seems a track, but it is the road we are looking for ... full speed !!!!



The road is the C210 is a bit dirty desert sand but it is quite passable. It’s totally parallel to the border, sometime around there until the GPS brand are in Algeria. Find camels and desert landscapes typical of the advantage to go on asphalt.



To take pictures, everyone was at ease and we meet from time to time and we are all about 150 km road for us.



We arrived in Kebili, south gate of Chott el Djerid, go over there once filled tanks.
A line of 50 km through the salt lake, the perspective of the road makes you lose reference landscapes.



The water is in the photographs is rain water is not filtered, the salt lake is completely dry, where there is salt are rivers red.



At the other side, almost in Tozeur, we take lunch in a bar with music store next door (the same price).



Our final step is to Douz, gateway to the desert. Come to Camping Desert Club (the owner is French, Shopie), highly recommended, exquisite and facilities as here. Sent her an email that she reserve all three tents, perfect.



Later we decided to look for rental quads, it is a pleasure to circulate motorcycle without a helmet, not remembered.
Tomorrow , at 9:00, we will have 5 quads prepared.

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