Tunisia Outdoors

I never announced my absence from blogging, since I am not religious about updating every day, but last week I was out of the country, visiting Rome and Tunisia. I don't want to harp on places that are not within a day's drive of Los Angeles, but I figured I would share one excellent outdoor destination: Jugurtha's Table, pictured above.

Jugurtha, a Numidian king lived with his army on top of the mesa for 7 years, and fought the advancing Roman army off for that time (the historical details are interesting, but not brief, check them out here if you want).

The hike is very short, though steep, but it is an amazing sight- a full slate of ruins that you can have all to yourself, as well as 360 panoramic views that extend into neighboring Algeria.

The photo below is of my brother and my sister following me across the mesa which slopes sharply upwards. It is probably at least 300 yards in length, and about 100 wide.

Here is the location on a map.