{"id":18,"date":"2011-02-03T23:59:06","date_gmt":"2011-02-03T21:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onmytodd.org\/?p=18"},"modified":"2015-08-07T12:21:38","modified_gmt":"2015-08-07T10:21:38","slug":"bizerte-tbd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/?p=18","title":{"rendered":"Bizerte"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Located about ten kilometers to the north of Bizerte is Cap Blanc, the northernmost point of mainland Africa. Needless to say that I had to see it. So I cycled along the mediteranean coast. The road (called Corniche) is pretty much entirely lined with hotels, restaurants and villas. It was overcast and chilly, with the occasional drizzle.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently, Cap Blanc itself is military area and entry is restricted. At least I guessed so from the &#8220;<em>Danger, Danger!<\/em>&#8221; signs at the gate.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rl-gallery-container \" id=\"rl-gallery-container-1\" data-gallery_id=\"0\"> <div class=\"rl-gallery rl-basicmasonry-gallery \" id=\"rl-gallery-1\" data-gallery_no=\"1\"> <div class=\"rl-gutter-sizer\"><\/div><div class=\"rl-grid-sizer\"><\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item rl-gallery-item-width-4\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/wp-uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_0082.jpg\" title=\"The Corniche\" data-rl_title=\"The Corniche\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/wp-uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_0082-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" alt=\"The Corniche\"\/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-title\">The Corniche<\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/wp-uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_0091.jpg\" title=\"Cap Blanc in the distance\" data-rl_title=\"Cap Blanc in the distance\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/wp-uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_0091-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" alt=\"Cap Blanc in the distance\"\/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-title\">Cap Blanc in the distance<\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/wp-uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_0105.jpg\" title=\"As close as I got to Cap Blanc\" data-rl_title=\"As close as I got to Cap Blanc\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/wp-uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_0105-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" alt=\"As close as I got to Cap Blanc\"\/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-title\">As close as I got to Cap Blanc<\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/wp-uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_0115.jpg\" title=\"Mock Phoenician boat housing a restaurant\" data-rl_title=\"Mock Phoenician boat housing a restaurant\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/wp-uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_0115-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" alt=\"Mock Phoenician boat housing a restaurant\"\/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-title\">Mock Phoenician boat housing a restaurant<\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/wp-uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_0129.jpg\" title=\"Old harbour and Kasbah (old fort)\" data-rl_title=\"Old harbour and Kasbah (old fort)\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/wp-uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_0129-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" alt=\"Old harbour and Kasbah (old fort)\"\/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-title\">Old harbour and Kasbah (old fort)<\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/wp-uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_0143.jpg\" title=\"In the medina\" data-rl_title=\"In the medina\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/wp-uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_0143-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" alt=\"In the medina\"\/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-title\">In the medina<\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/wp-uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_0146.jpg\" title=\"Awesome tile work in the medina\" data-rl_title=\"Awesome tile work in the medina\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/wp-uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_0146-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" alt=\"Awesome tile work in the medina\"\/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-title\">Awesome tile work in the medina<\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/wp-uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_0152.jpg\" title=\"Run-down house, medina\" data-rl_title=\"Run-down house, medina\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/wp-uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_0152-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Run-down house, medina\"\/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-title\">Run-down house, medina<\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Located about ten kilometers to the north of Bizerte is Cap Blanc, the northernmost point of mainland Africa. Needless to say that I had to see it. So I cycled along the mediteranean coast. The road (called Corniche) is pretty &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/?p=18\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[10],"class_list":["post-18","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-around-tunisia","tag-tunisia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6636,"href":"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18\/revisions\/6636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}