South to Zaghouan !

Our trip to Zaghouan to visit Malek Lakhoua's donkeys and olive oil farm was a beautiful rich experience in many ways.

Zaghouan is about an hour south of Tunis. We left with the sunrise to get an early start and avoid the city traffic and the heat.

En route out of the city and towards the countryside, we drove past ruins of a Roman aquaduct.

As we drove closer to our destination, we saw several examples of One Health (intersection of human, animal and environmental health) challenges. There were shepherds wandering with grazing sheep, goats and cattle amidst trash and stagnant water. We saw nomadic tents, loose dogs and donkeys.

Malek met us in an old section of Zaghouan with narrow streets, cafes, and an exquisite tiled community water source.

 

...and then we followed him out of town to his farm...

the town lies below Mount Zaghouan