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"RALLY HANNIBAL"

In April 2003 our film team took part in the international "Rally Hannibal" which took place on the Tunisian territory. We drove more than 3000 km visiting a lot of interesting historical sights on the way.

Diaries on the server of the Africa Expedition

How all started We are at the Tunisian port La Goulette. The ferry-boat with the participants of "THE RALLY HANNIBAL" is to arrive at any minute. We have decided with them…

Ghar El Melh Today's morning was the official start of the rally. All the rally participants were given the detailed map of the itinerary during the instruction at breakfast…

Dougga, ancient Roman ruins On the way from Ghar El Melh to the ruins of the ancient Roman city of Dougga, we drove the road a long time, quite untypical of Africa, called here "Tunisian Switzerland"…

The light town of Sbeitla If you are fond of picturesque sand-coloured ruins, welcome to the remains of SBEITLA, or, how the inhabitants call it - SUFETULA…

The Atlas mountains, canyons and waterfalls Going down farther and farther to the South, we cross the Atlas mountains. We call them "made of atlas" between ourselves. In fact, they are extraordinarily beautiful at any time of the day…

Great race over the Sahara In the morning we strongly decided at the briefing to hold great race who will come faster. A large half of teams were looking forward to bringing back their young days and trying horse-powers on the African lack of roads…

Salt lakes and oases The Russian people imagine the Africa basing on the stills of the film "White Sun of the Desert"…

Douz, white gates to the desert On the way to Douz we got into a little sandy tempest. It's a little threat when in a car, except almost zero visibility…

The Berbers capital Matmata, troglodytes The following point of our stop-off was the capital of Berbers, the town of Matmata. This enigmatic ancient tribe had settled down in the North of Africa from time immemorial. It remembers a lot…

The Berbers Ksars The Berbers had been expelled for centuries by anyone who felt like it. And they learnt a subtle art how to survive, as nobody. THE KSARS are the fortresses they built…

Amphitheatre in El Jem El Jem meets us, as it should be, namely - with music. The band is likely to be a local amateur group. It's playing good, particularly, loudly…

Sousse, Mahdia, Monastir I don't know what other people think of it, but we have a pleasure to drive along the seacoast. We admire it very much after mountain and desert landscapes…

Mysterious town of Sidi Bou Said SIDI BOU SAID, this very "oversmart" little town, is situated not far away from Tunis and Carthage on the Mediterranean coast…

Museum Bardo One of these centers of culture is the famous museum BARDO. This word means "garden" in a mauretanian dialect…

Carthage One can say this city became famous for a man's envy and persistence as well as for a woman's ingenuity and self-sacrifice…

Farewell with Tunisia During 10 days of our trip we are likely to have known and fallen in love with Tunisia…

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