Author: Maren Hanetho

The medina of Tunis is a quarter in the city. It has been a UNESCO world heritage site since 1979 It is a magical place and when you find your way away from the shopping of the souk, you can find good food and a tunisien magic that feels very genuine and welcoming. Founded in 698 around the original core of the Zitouna Mosque the Medina of Tunis developed throughout the Middle Ages. It startet between the mosque and the centre of Government to the west in the kasbah. If you can find a rooftop cafe you will feel like you are on top of the world.

The souk is a happening place where you can bye anything. The internett says you should haggel and a fair price is somewhere around half of the starting price. We found that to be true. And we found some nice things. There Are different rules in shops. But the tunisian shopkeeper will tell you outright if there is a room to haggel. There is also lots of good food stalls and small coffeshops.

The mai area down by the water was by far the nicest and coolest. All the different sites are not kept very good, and there is a bit of a patchwork koda feel to some..

But all in all weel Worth a visit.

Outside there is of coufse lots of taxi drivers and people selling stuff… Lots of omd Stone stuff.. We picked UP a souvenier and a fridge magnet.

A little gem of a restaurant. It has an asian menu with superb food and creative drinks, that taste amazing. The goyozas and the sweet and sour chicken was to die for. The icecream is in a league og its own. Be sure to visit if you have the chance.

We wanted to go to the beach. Wisch was beatutiful. We walked along the beach til we found a place to swim. A Security guy showed up and told us we had to go thrugh the Hotel. Which we did. And we sort of got stuck there. It was a beautiful day to go swimming.

Mongolia has been amazing, and the biggest superise of the trip, as we were not sure what to expect. We had an amazing time, and hope to visite again someday. The people here was so friendly, and though few of them knew english, we always found a way to communicate. Ulan Baatar was like all major cities, vibrant, fun and happening. The outksirts were filled with big developmens, and different plants. But you don’t have to go far outside the city to see horses, farms, yurts and sheep. We hope we saw some wild horse, their population is growing. But its hard for us norwegians to tell a wild horse from a domestic one. We saw a lot of them and they all looked happy.

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We have talked about getting tattos in Mongolia for a while. As a souvineer from a cool far away place. We stumbled across a tatto shop in the back of a designer/thrift store called Red Wood store. The artist was there and we made an appointment for a cuple of days later with the help of google transelate. He didn’t know much english but made a good impression.

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The popular mongolian hero is visible almost every where you turn in Ulan Baatar.

We decided to visit the 44 m high statue of him located outside the city, an hour and fifteen minutes by car.

Genghis Khan was born Temüjin 1162 and he died in August 1227. He was the founder and first khan of the Mongol Empire. After spending most of his life uniting the Mongol tribes, he launched a series of military campaigns, conquering large parts of China and Central Asia.

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