Had a look around at some pedalos and jet skis for sale. New Jet Skis are cost around 14,000 dinars and you can find older ones for 5000 dinars as against new pedalos which are around 2200 dinars. We visited a guy who repairs pedalos and he had quite a few smaller ones for sale but knew of someone else with a larger one. So went to see the bigger one and bought it. Beautiful condition apart from a small hole underneath – yes that’s right – we bought a pedalo with a hole in it!!! Chocolate...

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During July & August in Tunisia the beaches are full of Tunisian families and from my 6th floor balcony the multitude of parasols look like multicoloured mushrooms. Apart from the striped and floral ones, there is the red of Coca Cola, the gold and white of Thomson’s Gold, the blue and white of Tunisie Telecom, the Fanta yellows and oranges and the dark green Sprite. There is also the odd motorbike or bicycle parked under them too.

The jet skis are criss-crossing with the motor...

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Job Hunting in Tunisia

Do you ever Google information or people? I do it as a matter of course – it’s amazing how much information is out there in cyberspace about each and every one of us!

I always wanted to live in the sun, next to the sea but found that when my dreams were realised there were certain times, for example, the winter months when the weather isn’t really for sunbathing, I’d become a bit bored and start looking for things to do. I’d spend my time...

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Driving in Tunisia & the AA

When I arrived this time, I thought I’d upgrade my regular Sony TV to one of those wall mounted, flat screen, LCD, all singing & dancing ones. The shop owner I deal with said they had a super deal on a 32 “ Mega Star TV – only 1000 dinars and 3 years guarantee but if I wanted the 42” one it would be 2299 dinars with 1 year guarantee. He didn’t have the 42” in stock so phoned a friend or was it a cousin, uncle or brother as they do, and gave me...

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Sounds like a recipe ……… for disaster …………..or success!!

When I bought my apartmentin Tunisia almost 4 years ago, the building was painted in a pale yellow colour. The painters made the colour up with basic white and adding a coloured tint so it was difficult to match for touching up so I decided to change to white as it was easier to touch up or re paint if it flaked or was damaged and I could do it myself as and when.

The white was more serviceable but the glare...

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