We walked down to the Central Station to catch a 10.30 bus to Agrigento & as we were early sat down & had a mineral water in a cafe. Much to our consternation very few people & no buses were waiting in the area. At about 10.20 we saw a bus but were told that it was an airport shuttle & that no buses went to Agrigento today as it is May Day, a public holiday. Luckily for us we knew that there was a train due to leave in about 10 minutes so off we w...

Today we set out to go to Monreal a famous cathedral 9k inland from Palermo. We took a bus as instructed to catch another one out there only to be told that this one took us to another spot to catch yet another shuttle bus. It took us nearly 2hrs to do the 9k & it was quite warm & humid so patience wore a little thin on both sides. Luckily it was worth the wait, as although the exterior is pretty ordinary if somewhat strange, the interior is again a true ...

Had a late start & an excellent continental breakfast & then walked down to a small Norman church of St Catalda next to a very fancy fountain surrounded by nude statues. The church was quite austere in a Romanesque/Norman style & was excellent. From here we went to the huge Palermo cathedral which is an extraordinary mixture of styles externally but is not so impressive internally except in its size. It was strange to have to decide for ourselves w...

After dinner we farewelled the party & checked when we needed to be at the ferry terminal. d*** thought it was 1 hour before departure but the web site said 3 so we raced off by cab only to find that the ship wasn't in so we sat for the next 4 hours in the terminal. We boarded at about 3am & the ship left ort at 4.30 for a very calm voyage to Palermo. As we were sitting up it was long hard night & much to our surprise we found that most people ripped ...

Left Sousse early on the way back to Tunis travelling into a fertile peninsula south of Tunis which receives the highest rainfall in the country, first to Hammamet which has a fine Casbah & Medina with a fort defending the point. On the beach small fishing boats were drawn up & the town seemed very pleasant. Moving on we drove north to Kelibia, the main fishing port of Tunisia with more than 50 fishing boats ranging from 10m to 30m in length mainly of car...