Douz borders the Sahara. It turns out that we were there for the International Festival of the Sahara - thus making getting a room a little more challenging then we had anticipated. We ended up sleeping in the kitchenstaff's room in one of the hotels.
![Some of the people we met had made hotel reservations 6 months in advance so they could see the opening cermonies of the festival. And then there was us, who just showed up, not believing the taxi-driver's "Oh but it's a festival day", thinking he was just trying to get us to sleep at his cousin's hotel instead.](/php/timthumb2.php?src=OtherTrips/Tunisia/Douz/IMG_3654.jpg&w=125&h=125&zc=1&q=100 "Some of the people we met had made hotel reservations 6 months in advance so they could see the opening cermonies of the festival. And then there was us, who just showed up, not believing the taxi-driver's "Oh but it's a festival day", thinking he was just trying to get us to sleep at his cousin's hotel instead.")
