HOLLAND
GERMANY
AUSTRIA
ITALY
TUNISIA
Nights were spent in italicized locations.
2000 October 25 : Wednesday
| Sep 20 |
Portland |
| Sep 21 | Charles
de Gaulle, Delft |
| Sep 22 | Amsterdam,
Delft |
| Sep 23 | Delft,
Rotterdam, Stromberg |
| Sep 24 | Dinkelsbühl,
Munich |
| Sep 25 | Schloss
Neuschwanstein, Munich |
| Sep 26 | Munich,
Solnhofen, Rothenburg ob der Tauber |
| Sep 27 | Rothenburg
ob der Tauber, Salzburg |
| Sep 28 | Berchtesgaden,
Salzburg |
| Sep 29 | Salzburg,
Vienna |
| Sep 30 | Vienna,
night train |
| Oct 01 | Venice |
| Oct 02 | Venice,
Verona, Florence |
| Oct 03 | Florence,
Pisa, Cinqe Terre (Monterosso) |
| Oct 04 | Cinqe
Terre: Riomaggiore, Manarola, Corniglia, Vernazza, Monterosso |
| Oct 05 | Cinqe
Terre (Monterosso), Rome: Coliseum, Forum |
| Oct 06 | Palestrina,
Rome: St. Peter's, Vatican Museum |
| Oct 07 | Rome:
Pantheon, Spanish Steps, Trevi Fountaine, Palatine Hill, etc. |
| Oct 08 | Santa
Maria Capua Vetere, Caserta, Naples |
| Oct 09 | Pozzouli,
Santa Maria Capua Vetere, Caserta, Naples |
| Oct 10 | Positano |
| Oct 11 | Mt.
Vesuvius, Pompeii, Positano |
| Oct 12 | Paestum,
Positano |
| Oct 13 | Positano,
Amalfi, Ravello, night train |
| Oct 14 | Taormina |
| Oct 15 | Catania,
Palermo, Trapani |
| Oct 16 | all-day
ferry, Tunis |
| Oct 17 | Tunis,
Thuburbo Majus, Zaghouan, Kairouan |
| Oct 18 | Kairouan |
| Oct 19 | Mactaris,
Sufetula, Kairouan |
| Oct 20 | Kairouan,
Monastir, El Jem, Houmt Souk |
| Oct 21 | Ajim,
Medenine, Ksar Hadada, Tataouine |
| Oct 22 | Ksar
Ouled Soltane, Douirat, Chenini, Foum Tataouine, Matmata |
| Oct 23 | Matmata,
Douz, Chott El D'Jerid, Tozeur |
| Oct 24 | Sidi
Bouhlel, Chott El Gharsa, Tozeur |
| Oct 25 | Chebika,
Tamerza, Mides, Seldja Gorge, Tozeur |
| Oct 26 | Sidi
Bouhlel, Chott El D'Jerid, Tozeur |
| Oct 27 | Chott
El Gharsa, Chott El D'Jerid, Sidi Bouhlel, Tozeur |
| Oct 28 | Chott
El D'Jerid, Sidi Bouhlel, Tozeur |
| Oct 29 | Dougga,
Sidi Bou Said, La Marsa |
| Oct 30 | La Marsa,
Rome |
| Oct 31 | Rome,
Atlanta, Portland |
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| ©2001-2008 by Mitch Darby - all rights reserved. | |
After a few days in Tozeur, the weather was still overcast and windy. Thinking I'd wait for better weather in order to photograph the movie locations, I went on a drive to the mountain oasis towns of Chebika, Tamerza, and Mides.
01) NEAR CHEBIKA | The
little patch of green just below the horizon is Tamerza.
02) NEAR TAMERZA | The
water was full of little frogs.
03) MIDES | I
had read internet rumours that the next STAR WARS film was scheduled to
shoot in these oasis towns. I knew that Mides had this ravine which seemed
to me to be a good location. I didn't see any evidence that a film crew
had been here, though time will tell. [update 2006: This canyon didn't
feature in either of the remaining two prequels. It is rumoured to have
been shot as background for the pod race sequence from the first prequel.
However, I've read nothing which would confirm this officially.]
04) MIDES | The
ravine walls are fairly high, but the floor is no wider than your average
road.
05) MIDES | Despite
the presence of horse & camel tracks, I was completely alone in the
little canyon.
06) MIDES | It
certainly looks like a STAR WARS film could have been shot here.
07) TOZEUR | The
sun finally came out. This is the Hotel Dar Chraïet in Tozeur.
08) TOZEUR | Another
hotel. The hotel I stayed in was not located in the "Zone Touristique"
on the west side of town. Mine was located on the eastern edge of the
town. It was a nice enough place - inexpensive and clean - although one
morning I woke up covered in little ants!
09) TOZEUR | I
thought this might be a hotel (it's located at the end of the Zone Touristique),
however all the Tunisian flags make me think it might have been a goverment
office.