Believe it or not, the first picture is of the full moon rising over the open ocean on our crossing to Tunisia and the second picture is the sun setting the next evening. The full moon on crossings is always magical and so surreal !!!
We had a safe and peaceful passage to Tunisia.
This time in Tunisia we went 100 miles further south to a new modern marina in the Bay of Hammemet. It is basically a tourist marina and very sanitized and different than our last trip here. And with our deep intention to change our thoughts and vibrations about Tunisia, it served us wonderfully well.
We are learning more and more to "let go" of the old stories that no longer serve us. We had a really, really good story about our last trip to Tunisia with all of it's trauma and drama and it certainly didn't feel very good and did not make us want to come back. Our last trip is posted on the blog under June 19, 2010. But we have to come back every 2 years (hence this trip), so we really set out to forget the old story and deliberately create a new one more to our liking. How the Universe delights to fulfill our intentions and desires once we get clear about them.
And so it was that we had a wonderful and even fun 2 days in Tunisia. The people are warm and friendly and intensely proud of their country. It was especially important for us to acknowledge and honor them for being the first to initiate the Spring Uprising and Revolt in the Middle East last year.On our last trip 2 years ago, Ben Ali's picture was plastered everywhere -- no more. They are struggling but hopeful.
As you can see from these photos we are happy here….
The food was wonderful and we ate on top of a floating restaurant with the tourist hotels behind us in the first photo and in the second the harbor is in the background.
The abundance of fresh local fruit was everywhere and we took advantage of it every chance we got.
One of the fun and very successful commercial undertakings they have going for them is about 4 of these big pirate ships that they fill with tourists and take out for the day. Comes complete with loud American music and great repetitions of "We will, We will rock you" !!!
We are thankful for seeing the "real" Tunisia last time and also thankful for this sanitized version this trip. It is all good and we find ourselves questioning what is "real" anyway. And most of all, we are thankful for our sweeter story that we now tell about Tunisia…..
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