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Location: Hammamet (N36.24236 E10.33664) Click to view Miles travelled: 96 miles Weather: 29ºC Sunny all day then Thunderstorm in the evening Today we mostly listened to: Elbow - Seldom seen kid Our main mission today was to find the Land Rover Dealer (N36 43.665 E10 14.390) so that we can take Monty there first thing tomorrow to get the clutch, which doesn't seem to be getting worse but isn't getting better either, fixed. After deliberating over our two "official" Tunis maps we found a route and set off. Unfortunately these maps are a bit like the ones you get at theme parks showing you where the rides are and therefore not exactly accurate. There are roads on them that don't exist and roads that exist that aren't on them, so…

Location: Gammarth, near Tunis Today we mostly listened to: Funny wailing music in taxis Miles travelled: 10 miles between Gammarth, Tunis and Sidi Bou Said Weather: 30ºC Sunny It took us about 2 hours to get through Tunisian customs on Thursday night.  It then took us another hour to find our hotel, which was only 15 mins away from the port - doh.  We stopped to ask a lovely policeman for directions and he proceeded to escort us in the general direction of our hotel getting us back on track - so far the Tunisians we have met have been very nice and helpful people. Our hotel is lovely (a bit too nice really so we feel we are cheating) but it has secure parking and there isn't really anywhere…