Djerba

Let me tell you, if you plan to visit the Ksour region, don't plan on visiting more than 4 ksour in day.  Each one is spectacular in its own way, but several hours riding in a car and trudging around looking at rooms built into the rocks can get a bit tedious.  Thus, after spending the day visiting four ksour, we wearily headed to our next destination-the Isle of Djerba.

According to Lonely Planet, "Jerba claims to be the Land of the Lotus Eaters described in Homer’s Odyssey, where people lived ‘drugged by the legendary honeyed fruit’ – Ulysses had a lot of trouble prising his crew away."  Even on this trip-in modern times, we felt our spirits lift as we crossed the causeway to the island.

Our hotel was a converted funduq-an inn for merchants who travelled with a camel caravan. 

The merchants would stay on the top floor, with their animals below

The fort-Borj Ghazi Mustapha