Hotel Dalia

TUNISIA

by jim_h_lynch

"AFRICIA BY J H L"

HAMMET BLUE SKYS
ELIZABETH IN TRAD DRESS

LOVED THE SCENERY
HOPE TO RETURN

HOTEL ASSISTANT DOING THE BRAVE THING FOR THE TOURIST
CHEERFUL CHAP SO HE WAS
WONDER IS HE STILL ACTIVEIVELY CLIMBING ?

ENJOY THESE PHOTOS
AS MUCH AS I WAS WHEN THEY WERE TAKEN

JIM PREPAIRING FOR A CAMEL SAFARI
GETTING TO KNOW THE TRANSPORT BEFORE I WENT TO THE DESERT.
NEVER FORGET THE SMELL

JIM HAVING SECONT THOUGHTS ?
WELLL NO RELLY I DID ENJOY THE SAFARI

"JIM AND SALLY"

JIM AND A FRIEND
SALLY WHARFE
IN TUNIS SALLY THIS ONE IS FOR YOU
WE REALLY ENJOYED YOUR COMPANY WHILE IN TUNISIA

"CARPET MANUFACTURING IN TUNISIA"

ELIZABETH GIVING A LOCAL LADY A HAND TO FINISH THE RUG ON TIME

LOVED THE COUNTRY
ITS PEOPLE AND THE FOOD EXCELLENT INDEED

ORANGES THAT GROW ON THYE STREET IN CITYBUSSEY
THERE FOR THE PICKING, EXPECT TO TIP THE LOCALS WHEN DOING SO

VIEW FROM THE HOTEL DALIA

JIM IN TRADIONAL DRESS IN NABEUL

ENJOYING A TRIP TO THE MUESEM
IN TUNIS

OLD ROMAN ENTERANCE TO TUNIS
LOCAL LAND MARK
AND MEETING PLACE

JIM AND ELIZABETH IN TUNIS
JIM AGAIN IN TRAD DRESS

Hammamet

by vtaylor

"Expectations"

This was the first problem. The hotel Dar Hyet was listed as both 4 and 5 on various sights and booked as 4 * with Thomas Cook. Looks nice on first appearance but closer it is a bit run down. No service at the pool area......constantly had to search for staff. Food and drink is +++++ overpriced. Staff will rip you off. For example, keeping a room on prior to departing was quoted at 40 dinars......tried to charge 60. Do not exchange money here...no display of exchange rates and they provide this 'service' to you while they make a huge profit from it. In general not a nice feeling abot the place at all

"The Resort"

Greece, Turkey, Egypt etc all ask you not to flush paper in the loo as their sewage systems can't manage it. Hammamet does not make this suggestion...but oh boy they should. Never have I been anywhere that smelled so bad. The town is also very dirty.....no litter bins so the streets are filthy. Nabule and Sousse much much cleaner. The Medina and Fort have no real character about them and the town has nothing attractive about it . Tunisian cuisine few and far between.Pizza and burgers in great supply and were tastey enough. Be prepared to eat late in Ramadam nothing much open till after 9pm

"The Culture"

Having traveled widely, have never been subject to such miserable, dishonest and downright rude people. Reps advise start bartering at about half their price. RUBBISH, their prices are grossly inflated. Example...I expressed an interest in a charm for my bracelet. 48 dinar he started at with a flurry of weighing it etc......no way was i beginning at 24, so I walked away. He chased me down the street, lowering his price right down to 5 dinar. This was the same throughout the holiday....no way was it honest or fair. The shop or stall keepers would be angry when we did not buy their inflated tat and had the cheek to suggest that we lacked respect...Not a nice experience