Bizerte and the Cockroach Rex

My story in Bizerte, Tunisia, and the Cockroach Rex - The Solivagant Soul

A few years ago, far more than I am willing to accept, I spent a summer in Tunisia. I was a student and part of an organization that was a branch of a global entity. Besides many other benefits, the one holding the highest appealing to my 20-year-old was a month of cultural exchange. Or what is the same: I would go to a country for a month while someone else would come to mine. I have previously shared with you some of the places I visited while there, while I have never before spoken of Bizerte. For example, there…

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Visit the Medina of Tunis, UNESCO World Heritage Site

Visit the Medina of Tunis in Tunisia, a world heritage site by the UNESCO - The Solivagant Soul

A few years back I was lucky enough to spend a whole month in Tunis, the capital of Tunisia. During that month, I enjoyed swimming in the beaches of Sidi Bou Said much as I could. And, in several occasions, I visited also the ruins of Carthage. But there was one thing I did almost daily: visit the Medina of Tunis. What’s a Medina? Being clear, the medina is the old quarter of any city in the MENA (Middle East and Northern Africa). If you have seen any Indiana Jones movie, the place where “the bad ones” always try to…

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Best guide to visit Sidi bou Said, Tunisia

Sidi bou Said, the most known town in Tunisia - The solivagant soul

A few summers back, I had the opportunity to spend a full month in Tunisia. From that trip, one of my fondest memories was when I decided to visit Sidi Bou Said. This is a very small town quite close to the capital where there was a sea of white houses, blue doors and flowers. How did I end up in Tunisia? Well, I was still at the University. And out of the blue, there was this opening for a student exchange. I applied for both Egypt and Tunisia, and I ended up in the later. Back then, I had…

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