Where are you going?
welcome back to our Tunisia travel series
in the previous episodes we explored the vibrant capital city of Tunis and the
stunning Djerba Island now it's time to venture further, we are ready for a long road trip we
are driving towards the South and we are getting away from the sea and we are going to the desert
Where are you going?
while we are driving towards the south
we can see the scenery change and we just spotted a herd of wild camels
and I'm trying to get close to them I know they are not dangerous but I I still wild
in Tunisia there are over 56 000 camels and 96 per cent of them are in the South
that's why it's pretty easy to spot camels while driving around the southern region
I'll try to get closer to them but they are wild and stink
we are in Matmata and the first stop and the first place we are going to see
is the hotel where the crew of Star Wars stay to film actually the hotel
is one of the locations of Star Wars if you are a fan so watch it
the hotel Sidi Idiris is famous for being a film set location for Star Wars
Episode 4 A New Hope and again for Attack of the Clones
there are so many cats here I think they are all Star Wars fans
hotel is actually easy to miss unless you search for it or have a guide but
once you find it you'll be transported to another world
centuries ago berbers built the underground structure as a real home
eventually, it became a hotel where George Lucas used to film the first Star Wars film
The set decorations came down when the crew left but were rebuilt in 2000 for
Attack of the Clones since then the owners have taken good care of the set probs
they have a bae but no one used it there are some bones I think they're chicken bones
and here is the restaurant of the hotel and
actually I just found out you can stay in this hotel
staying in this hotel is an experience unlike any other especially if you are
a Star Wars fan I leave the link to the hotel in the description of this video
thank you sure you're gonna do that
no it is the hard one yeah
Oh see it's not easy actually he did it come back
it's not fair I think I don't have long arms
and now we are going to see other locations Matmata is a small Berber-speaking town
in Tunisia this unique town is known for its unusual house structure the troglodyte
now we are going inside one of the houses. people they used to live in the caves till the 60s but
now they have a flat just nearby and during the daytime they come here just mostly for tourists
this is the welcome
the troglodyte houses in Matmata are dug up in the perimeter to form caves which
are used as rooms and homes connected through passageways. okay oh wow it's a large space
these homes are built underground providing natural isolation from
the heat outside and offering the the cool respite from the hot desert sun
theberber residents of Matmata have been living in these underground dwellings for
centuries and around 1200 of these homes have been preserved to this day
what are you doing
no this one seems easier okay this is like okay
they are so hospitable and brought us some food and drink we have to have something
me olive oil and olive oil the right way to do it put it in a honey and then olive oil
thank you
and they gave us bread for our road trip
the climbing some stairs for the panoramic views of the village
um the lighting is perfect
this one you see is sand roses and they're natural basically after many years when
there is a storm in the desert the sand become like hard and the shape become like this I think
called sand roses and they look like a flower actually and this one is quite huge and heavy wow
we arrived at our hotel and it's middle of the desert let's see I don't know exactly
what we should expect or if we are sleeping in a tent or in a room let's find out
we are actually staying in a tent and it's really like a glamping like it's a luxury tent
it has a wall bathroom toilet and a heater because in the desert it's cold
literally here there is nothing we are middle of the desert and we have to eat here we put our
stuff in the tent and we have electricity till 1am it goes off till 6 00 a.m so we have to be kind of
fast and the only places we can eat is here and it closes in one hour at night so let's go ahead
tonight we are going to try local food and same as always
they start is harisaTunisian starter and we are going for a local soup
for Bruno
I think inside the soup it's cooked couscous couscous and some herbs right
it's nice it's actually nice it's like you can feel the tomato sauce
and some spices it's really nice
and another tuna additionally started this break and I learned my lesson last time I
had it I just made a mess because there is runny egg inside so you should be careful
tuna some herbs and eggs
for the main we have another traditional dish Kusha chicken
means oven and as you can see it's chicken with some potato and tomato
it tastes really good that potato tastes really really good and I'm sure that chicken is good too
is spicy but delicious
we have the heater but we don't have a proper door so I'm trying to close the tent as much
as I can because at 1am the electricity will go off and it means no heater for us and it's really
cold in the desert after doing that I'm going to bed and see you in the morning thank you