Diary
Dates: 21-25 July
Visa Process: You can visit Tunisia without a visa for up to 90 days. Link.
Visit Purpose: Training for deployment
Fun Facts
Tunisia is home to the ancient city of Carthage, which was once a major trading power in the Mediterranean and is now a UNESCO World Heritage site. Additionally, it is the northernmost country in Africa, with Cape Angela marking the continent’s northernmost point. Link.
Capital: Tunis
Population: 12m Country || 700k Capital || 110k Monastir
Land area: 164k km2
GDP (PPP): 57 billion USD
Per capita (PPP): 5k USD
Note: PPP is adjusted GDP to make comparisons easier (difference in cost of living etc)
Diary
Arrival
I’ve been looking forward to Tunisia for so long that my expectations were always going to be elevated. It’s never a good thing and always makes me thing of happiness = reality – expectations, which means you’ll never be happy if your expectations are set too high. Unfortunately, shortly before I was due to leave I fell violently ill which the doctors think was a bug I picked up from India a week back.
Arriving in Tunisia is something I’ve looked forward to for quite a while!
Kindly, the distributor picked me up from the airport and took me on the journey to Monastir from Tunis. I suggested, before arriving, that I would be happy to take the train to save them a job. This, they did not recommend.
Along the way of the trip we stopped off in various places, which included a shopping mall where I picked up a local sim and a beautiful beach. It tends to be one of those key destinations for brits to come and have a value holiday in the sun and I can see why.
Blue skies, palm trees and sandy beaches. I can see why brits flock here for a value holiday in the sun.
My week was spent at the university in Monastir deploying our simulators and conducting training for all the staff.
Beneath the orange sauce is, in fact, a jacket potato (or two).
