I and the tunisian desert - 5d mkii ef 24-105 is 1/160 f13 iso 100I love to take photos in a new country especially for a running competition. I accepted the invitation!
Giorno 1/2: 10-11 Maggio 2010
We left from Fiumicino airport (Rome) on Monday evening because of two incident on GRA (Rome - Fiumicino line) we missed the morning flight!
We arrived in Tunisi at 11 pm. Outside the airport of Tunisi we met our guide. Slim is a nice boy that speaks italian very well. The next day we left Tunisi to go to Douz, the south of Tunisia. Tunisi to Douz is approximately 500km.
We stopped for a tea in a typical restaurant/bar on the top of an hill.
Looking from the hill - 5d mkii ef 24-105 is 1/160 f11 iso 125 - B+W Kaeseman slim polarizatorAida is the boss of the restaurant, she is a french artist, a painter and a good cook!
We tasted mint tea with pinoli and home made bread soaked in first quality olive-oil. Very good!
Mint tea with pinoli - 5d mkii ef 24-105 is 1/80 f4 iso 1250 , polarizator11:00 am We arrived at Kairouan. We visited the big mosque of Uqba. Built by the Arab general Uqba ibn Nafi from 670 A.D. (the year 50 according to the Islamic calendar) at the founding of the city of Kairouan, the mosque is spread over a surface area of 9,000 square metres and is considered as the oldest place of worship in the western Islamic word, as well as a model for all later mosques in the Maghreb.
It was the first time to visit a mosque, what spectacular view!
The meridian in the centre of Uqba mosque, 5d mkii ef 24-105 f4 iso 160, polarizatorOn the evening we arrived at Chott-el-Jerid. This is the biggest salted lake in Tunisia. This is a wonderful place: a huge expanse of whites salt crystals.
Algae water color purple - 5d mkii 5 sec f10 iso 2500, tripod.
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