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We had a great time riding the camels over the sand dunes for about 45 minutes.

Wind blown sand dunes constantly changing

Some of our group arriving at the end of the ride. A great day.

The town of Souk Lahad is located on the road from Kébili, where we tented, to Tozeur, our next stop tonight, just east of the point where the road begins its spanse of the large salt flats. Lots of men killing time.

The town developed as an agricultural community before light industry was introduced, as well as some tourism.

A cobbler making shoes by hand.

We found an open market day while visiting here. You could find a little bit of everything.

A main street in town.

Looking the opposite direction on the main street.

We are near an Artesian well 1,000 feet deep which up wells to the surface where it cools. Here two men are bathing in the water after it has cooled.

An above ground cooling system for a 1,000 foot deep artesian well with piping hot water coming to the surface. The water cools through this system and flows to the nearby city.

We arrive at our hotel in the town of Tozeur. Each of the accommodations is a guest house raised off the ground. This was the one I was staying in next to the dining room and pool area.

This is the area under the guest house which was lighted at night time with a hammock for rest time. The problem with this lighting was at 1:38 each morning a rooster would show up and start crowing, every 28 seconds, all through the night, thinking it was day break. This went on all night each night. I went down and tried to catch the rooster several times. Complaining to the desk did not good. If I had caught it it would have been on the dinner table that night. I could not sleep a wink either night thanks to this rooster.

Here you find the name of the hotel above the gated entrance Diar Abou Habibi.

The large wooden gates open to a beautiful interior landscape flush with plants and trees and one crazy rooster that roamed all night and slept in the day time I think.

Interior gardens with running water streams throughout the property.

Art works and decorations throughout the property.

The pool was located next to the bungalow you see in the background. I could look right down into the pool area and restaurant.

The dining room was beautiful. Tastefully decorated. The food and service was excellent.

In the mornings we woke up to a full breakfast delivered to the table on the balcony for each of the bungalows. You literally only had to step outside and there was breakfast waiting for you.

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