Guelma

Along the road on the way to Guelma.  Winter wheat and a stork's nest.  Evidently they are such a problem that the utility has built these raised platforms on the power lines for them to nest.

 There are thermal baths in this region, and these formations are the result, as I understood our guide, of the remains of a prehistoric hot springs.

Olive trees.

The waterfall.  Hot springs water flows over this formation, and minerals adhere to it, leading to these spectacular formations.

For those of us from the U.S. where sites like these would have crowd-control railings, at the very least, and possibly no admittance barriers, it's always kind of a shock to see the total lack of such things.  People walk out in the very shallow steaming water from the hot springs, and of course I did see a couple of boys seeing how close to the edge they could get; they didn't fall over, but I was expecting it to happen any second.


The falls are a tourist attraction, and lots of local folks come for the weekend.  There are many booths selling pottery, jewelry, cotton candy, etc.  This particular booth was pretty popular:   This young man has been dressed up as a traditional something, and he's wearing the robes and headgear supplied by the vendor.  Then there are photos by the family, with the family, with various members of the family -- it takes a while.

The Roman theatre at Guelma.  It is in pretty good shape, all things considered.  The floor is new; there's been a fair amount of reconstruction.

An old watchtower on the top of a hill near the summit of a line of hills.