Tunisian Safari.(photographic tour )(Cover Story)

PSA Journal | August 1, 2003| | Copyright

The first time I visited Tunisia was in the 1960s not long after the country had gained its independence from France and President Bourguiba was in power. The country was just beginning to dip its toe into the rapidly expanding river of tourism.

Tunisia is the northernmost country of Africa situated between Algeria to the west and Libya to the east. A small country, about the size of England and Wales, it has a long Mediterranean coast facing mainly east and scalloped by the three large gulfs of Tunis, Hammamet and Gabes. In the north of the country is the ...

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