Tunisia # 10 Sahara Desert (part 2)

We headed out into the desert, some riding camels and the rest of us in our horse drawn 'carriages'.

In the distance we could see ruined buildings and a few palm trees and that was where we were headed.


As we got closer to the palm trees we saw a herd of goats appearing out of the sand dunes.

I'm not quite sure what they find to eat but they looked in good condition.

I think I imagined that we would see sand dunes that were much higher, but that was to come later in the day when we visited Nefta and Ong Jemel.

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A visit to the country

Yesterday we spend a very pleasant day with my brother and his wife. We were able to sit in their lovely garden and enjoy the sunshine. My s-i-l cooked a superb lunch complete with freshly picked broccoli grown by my brother. My niece and her daughters arrived in time to join us for dessert and then we walked across the field at the back of their house to feed a neighbour's goat.


This is Jasmine she is the smallest of triplets and the one who is being hand reared. Mummy goat and her siblings remained close by watching. Jasmine was ready for for a good guzzle as you can see.


On my way back I picked a lot of dandelions for my tortoises (Tom and Tog) and they quickly tucked in as this is one of their favourite foods. We actually have three tortoises but the other one (Topsy) is at the vets being treated for mouth rot which seems to be a recurring problem for her after hibernation.



PS I actually got to drive our new car home so that Embee could have a drink or two so he was a happy chappy!!