First day in Tunisia

I took me 27 hours to arrive to the location I was suppose to be in Tunisia, "Gabes". 12 hours in bus, 6 hours in taxi and 8 hours in train. I rest only 1 hour in capital of Tunisia.

First thing I notice when I was crossing board is Tunisian women. the presence of Tunisian woman is so strong. you can't look around to local businesses or services without seeing her.

Tunisian are so not as I expected. I meet Tunisian before in Algeria but here it's not the same. locals developed a strong knowledge of different culture because of tourists. locals can talk many languages in different subjects. But, education is poor that's why you will find many private schools and private training centers. Tunisian are working hard to make Tunisia great again especially after actions of 2011. They know exactly that it's normal what is happening now and they need to work all to make things right again.

In capital the first thing I saw is many tourists from russian, romanian and many many other countries. So, you are all welcome to visit Tunisia. If you want to come, all what you have to do is to find a nice hotel and try not to follow maps on phone or ask randomly about places, you never know where the road might took you. The best things is to come with someone who has been here before or try to contact local tourist guides.

I'm hungry now, I want to eat something so I can continue my journey. In Tunisia all food is hot, you will never find a food without hot sauce. I tried to eat something I know before, I ordered the food it comes but was not the same as I know it lol.

With much excitement and trying to process the new environment, and what I get myself involved in, time pass fast. I ask for train station then I took a path where many people are walking. I arrived to train station to go to gabes. The train was about to go. I bought ticket and start another 8 hours.

it was 13:15 because I was so tired I couldn't sleep. After few minutes someone come to sit next to me. I couldn't say much but after 2 hours we start talking about road and how much it will take to arrive to gabes. He was funny and almost forget I was in Tunisia because of close culture between Algeria and Tunisia. He had to stop in sfax and I continued alone. I drinked all water and eat all cookies and I was still not yet close to my destination. I start getting bored. I start moving around in train.

Finally, After few hours train arrived to gabes. There were two aiesecer waiting for me. I was so tired and I only want to eat and sleep. They didn't say much because I was not able to talk.

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