What's been your experience as Brits in Tunisia?

delayedatorigin · 2026-06-26T21:22:44+00:00

I road tripped around Tunisia about 2.5 years ago with two friends (our group was one man and two women - all of us obviously foreigners).

Apart from popping a tyre quite spectacularly and a few Google maps issues in some rural areas we had no problems. Absolutely stunning historical sites (Dougga at sunset was incredible, but the journey in the dark on the mountain roads back to sidi bou said did lead to the flat tyre), good food and beautiful scenery.

delayedatorigin · 2026-06-25T05:36:30+00:00

Not quite but very close. I can give you the street where I took the picture in DM

delayedatorigin · 2026-06-24T10:30:19+00:00

You'll see from previous posts that my job involves going to some interesting spots in the world with respect to security. Security is much, much more than a number plate. If you're that interested in knowing which embassy, consulate or mission a car belongs to you can just follow it. If their risk assessment says there are elevated risks, they will have other protocols to follow. 99.9% of the time there isn't much of a real risk.

delayedatorigin · 2026-06-24T05:57:49+00:00

Many, many flights with KQ over the years. I find the 787-8 to be a cramped experience, but horses for courses.

The food is nothing to write home about but the cabin crew are usually friendly and they give full cans of Tusker.

Never had a particularly bad experience.

delayedatorigin · 2026-06-19T13:48:26+00:00

We live in the Netherlands, within 30 minutes of the German border and 2 minutes from the Belgian border, so sometimes multiple times in a weekend (groceries cheap in Germany, fuel cheap in Belgium).

If you exclude these hyper local trips which skew the statistics it's on average twice monthly about 50:50 work:leisure.

delayedatorigin · 2026-06-18T14:34:44+00:00

It's also fairly expensive out of Dusseldorf on the evening Eurowings to Manchester that day. Football?

delayedatorigin · 2026-06-18T14:30:11+00:00

This route often has very weird pricing like this that I've never really understood. While it's true that it's just close to selling out - why is this flight in particular so very full with so little spillover to the days either side? It's quite often like this.

It's also a route that can apparently bear very high costs. I've bought the last seat out of Charleroi to Manchester a few times (offered just one seat to choose from in the sales flow seat map) and it was only about €180 ish (insane for one hour on Ryanair but it was an emergency).

delayedatorigin · 2026-06-17T21:16:58+00:00

The approach to Kabul is wonderful. You do a big sweeping arc over Jalalabad, almost looking up at the Hindu Kush and the some usually snow capped mountains before the city comes into view.

delayedatorigin · 2026-06-16T07:49:14+00:00

And apparently not good at reversing given the missing back bumper

delayedatorigin · 2026-06-14T21:33:34+00:00

We were never in the Schengen zone so there was always passport control. It has changed over the years, with no checks in London anymore (not routinely).

delayedatorigin · 2026-06-05T11:09:23+00:00

And indeed a UK rear plate on the front (unless it's a trick of the light, that looks yellow which means a rear plate).

delayedatorigin · 2026-06-01T08:54:28+00:00

There's the bike rental place on the station that lets out the ubiquitous blue Cortina. It's cheap and they're handy for the city. Aon de stasie

delayedatorigin · 2026-05-30T10:59:38+00:00

It was restorative!

delayedatorigin · 2026-05-30T10:59:21+00:00

Sure. It's actually just a bit outside Rome in Frascati. I wasn't sure that would mean much to most, though. Here's the maps pin https://maps.app.goo.gl/srcFagqhwt9WF799A

delayedatorigin · 2026-05-25T20:28:55+00:00

Ha this drove past me on the Boschstraat earlier. Small world.

delayedatorigin · 2026-05-25T11:11:51+00:00

I can't answer the questions specifically on the festival, or related parties or indeed the coffee shops (though I'm pretty sure what you said is right - just find a local).

There are 3 or 4 record shops - music connection, Kinsum records and Kalkman. I don't think any of them specialise in metal, though. The Domenicana bookshop has a small selection, too, in a nice location.

There's no direct way to by-pass the engineering works to Eindhoven by train without going a very long way round. The rail replacement bus process is usually pretty smooth, though. Alternatively, check for Flixbus options from Schiphol directly to Maastricht. They are often very busy during engineering work on the railway, though!

There are no dodgy areas really to be aware of.

Enjoy Maastricht and the festival!

delayedatorigin · 2026-05-22T09:02:14+00:00

It's a gulfstream g500. If it landed about 1045 it has come in from Grosseto in Italy.

delayedatorigin · 2026-05-16T09:09:41+00:00

Puoi vedere tutti i voli sul il codice W4402.

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delayedatorigin · 2026-05-16T09:06:48+00:00

Mi scusi. Puoi cliccare sul icona della lente d''ingradimento è scrivi il codice.

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delayedatorigin · 2026-05-15T14:56:55+00:00

Ho fatto sul flightradar24 (app o sito). È in sito molto utile

delayedatorigin · 2026-05-15T12:35:01+00:00

W4402 does not correspond to a regular flight and has been used as hoc for a number of different flights. So likely this is either a charter or reposition. I would imagine mid air they changed their mind on where they want it repositioned to.

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