We have spent the day doing Roman ruins. We spent the morning at Dougga which is simply stunning. There is an almost completely in tact Roman temple dominating the town and walking up the steps to its main entrance you really felt you had gone back 2000 years. The view from the temple over the surrounding countryside was breathtaking. The theater is also one of the best we've seen again cut into the hillside south facing and a stunning view of the valley. The town is isolated away from any modern development so you can reaLly imagine the streets bustling with people and noise. We loved it!
We then went to Bulla Regia which is much less well preserved. The things we had come to see were the mosaics, still in situ in the Baths and the underground houses the rich people built to escape the heat. You could have simply moved a some furniture back in and lived in them they are so well preserved. The floors are covered in mosaics and the central courtyard columns still have their fluting and at the top have ornately carved stone.
So, another day, another Roman ruin...
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2 comments:
Fully up to date with your movements and adventures.....
Me and mum are fine, glad to see Jon fighting off the fagin's, you might get good at that.
How long before Jon will be wearing a burkha?
Enjoy yourselves
that'll be a veggie Burkha?
great reading your progress, inspirational stuff but not sure my orderly ways could cope with the chaos. Just been reading about Egypt, are you taking a balloon ride over the Pyramids(you could carry the van & save some diesel?)
Apparently anti-bacterial wipes are de ri-gueur when visiting the tombs.
your concerned correspondent.
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