by aaron | Sep 26, 2008 | not-fiction
Any traveler to a foreign land has experienced the trials and frustrations that come with conducting oneself in unknown language. Recently I was in Paris, where I passed my first few days in conversation wearily. It had been over eight years since I’d spoken French...
by aaron | Sep 23, 2008 | blog
We began the morning at 8:00, climbing north out of the desert and doing a little off-roading along the way. The day was spent visiting several ksars, which is a Berber word that basically means fortress. Ksars were built for defensive living: located atop mountains...
by aaron | Sep 23, 2008 | blog
Mohammed picked us up in his white Land Rover at 9:00. Gen and I piled in and we began heading east, through the Chott el-Jerid, a massive salt-lake that slowly stretches down into the Sahara. The Chott reminded me of the Bonneville Salt Flats outside Salt Lake City...
by aaron | Sep 23, 2008 | blog
In the late morning I took the bus from Enfida to the town of Kairouan. Kairouan is one of Islam’s most holy cities, the place where the Arabs first established a base as they began to move eastward into North Africa in the 7th Century. The town has gained a...
by aaron | Sep 22, 2008 | Travels
At this point most of the experiences I’ve had in Tunisia are listed in the blog section of this site, though there are a couple longer and more condensed tales trickling into the “not-fiction” section as well. Perhaps down the road I’ll come...