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Tozeur

There isn't much in Tozeur itself. But it is a great starting place for visiting some beautiful locations including the salt lake Chott el-Jerid, a few mountain oases including Chebika, and of course, the set of the Star Wars movie The Phantom Menace.

Chott el-Jerid

We were told that the sunrise over the salt lake is beautiful, so we got there just in time before the sun rose.

And saw this. In fact, it was the most beautiful just before the sunrise.

But the sunrise was pretty too.

Of course, we took some time to smell the salt.

And yes, there was some salt there... In fact, lots of it!

But life is tenacious, and manages to find a way to survive even in such harsh, saline conditions. Mind you, the lake dries up to become a salt bed in the summer.

And then I saw this! Who in their right mind thought it smart to place a bus in the middle of a salt lake?!?

Anyway, moving on... next, we come to the mountain oasis Chebika.

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