I am not too bothered about the current protests. It is actually a bit of democracy in action with people protesting government austerity measures. As always, some yahoos used the opportunity to smash and burn...and got arrested. But the government has already backed down somewhat.
Nope, still looking at possibility of a 2018 Tunisian desert trip. I had been hoping to do southern Algeria...and that will happen, but still too many travel restrictions on where you can roam in the south. A long way to go to be told you 'can't go there' and 'tourists can only drive on this route.' Hopefully, Algeria will open up slowly in the coming years.
But if Tunisia if good for roaming freely in the dunes (without going too far south) that is sounding interesting.
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