Out and Out

The North African Exposure
(11 Months in the Mediterranean)
By Apolonia G. Aragones
The North African Exposure
"My first impression of Tunis was the space (or the lack of overcrowding, depends on how you looked at it). As the English-speaking driver oriented me to the basics, my eyes devoured the blue sky all around me. Glorious, wonderful, clear blue skies that seemed to envelope me like a blue and white patterned tent. Or at least it was to my smog-accustomed eyes," says Apolonia G. Aragones, as she discovers this "tiny north African country wedged between Libya on the right, and on the left, Algeria. A country of 10 million people, predominantly Muslim, Arabic and French speaking. Divorce and abortion are legal (here)."

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