Welcome to Cap Marina in lovely Monastir, Tunisia. This is our berth for the winter season. It’s a huge change from the fancy mega-yacht marina of Porto Montenegro, but at 1/4 the price, it’s more our style. We were helped into our berth by one of the marineros, Mohannet, and went off to manage the clearing in process. Similar to Morocco, it’s a tedious process between the Garde Nationale (Coast Guard), Immigration, and Duane (Customs), that takes a few hours. It doesn’t help being sleep deprived, but you get it done.
We took a long nap to recover until the early afternoon. Then, when we were feeling refreshed, our friend, Janine, collected us and took us on a logistics tour of town. A new experience for us, we had met several cruisers in Malta and they were all wintering in Monastir. Normally we would have to figure everything out ourselves, but there’s nothing like having a friend to show you where the local cell phone store is for a SIM card, grocery store, ATMs, and most importantly where the best milk shakes are in town!
The walk to and from town takes you along some beautiful beaches, and right through local history, passing the ribat (fortress) and mausoleum of revered former leader Bourguiba.
The mausoleum of Habib Bourguiba
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