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Tuesday, Jan 09, 2007

Fun in Djerba

David Murray
2007-03-04 10:27:46

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I kind of hate arriving anywhere when it is late. Through my Capusin induced crazed eyes, I manage to find our way through the little souq to our new house. It was to be a fundaq. It is like a caravanserei, but this one has been partially restored and turned into a youth hostel. We have stayed here before, and being part Jewboy, it was just the way I like it. CHEAP. We were given a room, and much to Lucy's dismay, it was not the same one as before. Nothing changes here. Still the only power in the room is for the light, which kind of fucks me up as I now can't use my hairdryer that I carry everywhere !!! How else am I meant to keep my hair looking the way it does !!!

Once we had dumped the bags, we went looking for food. The little hole that we had eaten before was closed. In fact, the majority of places were closed as we are not in tourist season. We went into one, sat, and were offered beer. In the state I was in, I refused. I asked for a Capusin, but he looked at me as if I had just asked for a small measure of smack !!! Presently, I don't know which one is worse for you. No I do. It is the Capusin. This stuff is evil. Neither of us accepted a beer. We ate, the food was pretty crappy. We paid and ran back to the fundaq. What a fun way to start the time on Djerba !!!

After seven Capusins, I didn't sleep much.

For a youth hostel, they actually give you petit de-jeuner. I was given a black coffee. I drank it. Nothing happened. In fact, I was getting the shakes a little. Because of this, Lucy said I was only allowed three Capusins a day. How was I going to cope? I was either going to be up for murder or looking for a new woman !!! Are there any out there that would be willing to take a Capusin addicted, crazed Australian !!!

We hit the souq and it wasn't long before the carpet sellers thought they had their mark. What they didn't ...