Tunisia

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    80 Senses #55… Carthage

     

    Quick history brush up – according to legend the city of Carthage was founded by Dido (not the bland/blonde balladeer) who, fleeing into exile, arrived on the North African coast in around 800 BC.

    She pleaded with the locals to be allowed as much land as could be encompassed by a cowhide, to which they agreed (presumably while nodding knowingly to each other and making loony signs behind her back), and she promptly cut said hide into extremely thin ribbons and laid them out to encircle an area big enough for a permanent enclosure. Clever lady.

    Traveller:
    Olga
    Experience:
    80 Senses
    Country:
    Tunisia