Dear WACCO Fans
Carthage was founded by Queen Dido of Phoenicia whose empire was known as the Punic Empire. It was extremely prosperous in trading given its prime position on the Mediterranean coast and it was not long until Ancirent Rome got its sites on it and conquered it in 146BC. The Romans held on until the Arabs took over in 697 and as a result built an incredible city whose ruins form the main things to see in today’s Carthage. The best of them is the Roman Baths of Antoninus, the Emperor at the time and they are very well preserved. The amazing thing about them was the construction of a 130km aqueduct to bring the waters for the baths from the interior mountains - a spectacular feat of engineering and construction. Other ruins include the amphitheatre and roman villas (houses) as well as a number of museums.
Sidi Bou Said is a small town peached on the end of the peninsular comprising cute little house s painted many white and blue with cobbled stone alleys winding their way through. It looks exactly like a Greek Island village and has the same atmosphere and outlook onto the shimmering Mediterranean - another must-do…
The surprise of my Tunisia visit was my 2hr drive 110km north to a place called “Cape Angela” or in local speak “Ras Engela” - this a stunning peninsula that is the TOP OF AFRICA - the north-most point of the African mainland. The region around here is very hilly and green. Veggies and sheep everywhere. The Mediterranean at the Cape is blue-green and crystal clear. In fact the top of Africa looks like the bottom of Africa only the south has very rough ocean since it is where the Atlantic meets the Pacific. I have been to both and the two are 8,060km apart - this gives you an idea about the VAST size of the African Continent. I have also been to the east-most point of Africa in Dakar and now only have the east left but that is in Somalia !!!
With this email I complete the incredible WACCO journey along the coast of West Africa with a small side-step to the north-most Africa…
John WACCO Golfin signing off…
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