Night in Tunisia

an interesting excursion...

hey there all, I hope you're enjoying the photos - more will be forthcoming, not to worry :-)

Anyhow, I was just reflecting on some of the differences between Canada and Tunisia the other day, when a news item jumped to the fore. Tunisia has just invited the president of Israel to come here for a conference in the fall. He accepted instantly... Which pretty much means trouble.

http://www.islamonline.org/English/News/2005-03/05/article04.shtml
The article is a pretty good sum of the experience here at the moment - looks like we're in for interesting times ahead.

For ourselves, as we wandered down to Avenue Bourguiba yesterday, we were a little surprised to see an unusual number of police officers. Those that were obviously police officers, that is. There were a whole swack of paddy wagons and police sitting in busses with riot gear. Apparently, demonstrations often begin around the union headquarters which are on that street.

At the same time, the atmosphere seemed relatively relaxed, and we didn't see any sign of organized protest. Which is probably a good thing.

Life can certainly be different out here in the Magreb

posted by Loren @ 10:11 a.m.