{"id":274408,"date":"2025-10-30T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/?p=274408"},"modified":"2025-11-15T06:11:55","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T05:11:55","slug":"ett-osannolikt-mote-vid-porten-till-sahara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2025\/10\/ett-osannolikt-mote-vid-porten-till-sahara\/","title":{"rendered":"An unlikely encounter at the gateway to the Sahara"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ta_ads_container\" class=\"takeover-container has-clientside-condition loading run-count-0\" data-ttl=\"86400\"><div class=\"takeover-bar\"><a class=\"blog-logo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/\" title=\"FREEDOMtravel - Sweden&#039;s largest travel magazine - \" rel=\"home\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FREEDOMtravel-resemagasin.png\" alt=\"FREEDOMtravel - Sveriges mesta resemagasin\"><\/a><a class=\"home-link close-takeover\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/\">Go to FREEDOMtravel<\/a><\/div><div class=\"takeover-content\"><div class=\"label\">Advertisement<\/div><div id=\"freed-1812240702\" class=\"method-missing not-front type-post not-theme-page\"><div class=\"freed-adlabel\">Advertisement<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/se.adria-mobil.com\/husvagnar\/alpina\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"adria-freedom-computer-1920x900px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/adria-freedom-dator-1920x900px.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/adria-freedom-dator-1920x900px.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/adria-freedom-dator-1920x900px-300x141.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/adria-freedom-dator-1920x900px-1024x480.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/adria-freedom-dator-1920x900px-768x360.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/adria-freedom-dator-1920x900px-224x105.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/adria-freedom-dator-1920x900px-600x281.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/adria-freedom-dator-1920x900px-1536x720.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/adria-freedom-dator-1920x900px-18x8.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/adria-freedom-dator-1920x900px-433x203.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/adria-freedom-dator-1920x900px-1200x563.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" width=\"1920\" height=\"900\"   \/><\/a><\/div><script>( window.advanced_ads_ready || jQuery( document ).ready ).call( null, function() {if( advads.get_cookie( \"advanced_ads_ad_impressions_317709_timeout\" ) ) {if( advads.get_cookie( \"advanced_ads_ad_impressions_317709\" ) ) {var advanced_ads_ad_impressions_317709 = parseInt( advads.get_cookie( \"advanced_ads_ad_impressions_317709\" ) ) + 1;} else { var advanced_ads_ad_impressions_317709 = 1; }} else {var advanced_ads_ad_impressions_317709 = 1;advads.set_cookie_sec(\"advanced_ads_ad_impressions_317709_timeout\", \"true\", 86400 );}advads.set_cookie_sec(\"advanced_ads_ad_impressions_317709\", advanced_ads_ad_impressions_317709, 86400 );});<\/script><\/div><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-skribent-helena-bergstrom\">Writer: Helena Bergstr\u00f6m<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was highly unlikely that the five of us would come together for a joint photo in the Tunisian city of Douz, the gateway to the Sahara. And yet that is exactly what happened. Sometimes you wonder how coincidence works... or if fate is somehow involved?<\/p><div class=\"sharethis-buttons\"><div class=\"st-custom-button\" data-network=\"twitter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/twitter.svg\"><span class=\"label\">Tweet<\/span><\/div><div class=\"st-custom-button\" data-network=\"facebook\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/facebook.svg\"><span class=\"label\">Share<\/span><\/div><div class=\"st-custom-button\" data-network=\"linkedin\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/linkedin.svg\"><span class=\"label\">Share<\/span><\/div><div class=\"st-custom-button\" data-network=\"pinterest\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/pinterest.svg\"><span class=\"label\">Pin<\/span><\/div><div class=\"st-custom-button\" data-network=\"reddit\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/reddit.svg\"><span class=\"label\">Share<\/span><\/div><div class=\"st-custom-button\" data-network=\"digg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/digg.svg\"><span class=\"label\">Share<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6ad7942233bda\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseprofile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6ad7942233bda\" checked aria-label=\"toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2025\/10\/ett-osannolikt-mote-vid-porten-till-sahara\/#Pa_pressresa_i_Tunisien\" >On a press trip to Tunisia<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2025\/10\/ett-osannolikt-mote-vid-porten-till-sahara\/#En_intervju_en_resa_till_Douz_och_ett_aventyr_i_Filippinerna_%E2%80%A6\" >An interview, a trip to Douz and an adventure in the Philippines...<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2025\/10\/ett-osannolikt-mote-vid-porten-till-sahara\/#Tillbaka_i_Douz_%E2%80%93_ett_osannolikt_mote_i_Ahmeds_butik\" >Back in Douz - an unlikely encounter in Ahmed's shop<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2025\/10\/ett-osannolikt-mote-vid-porten-till-sahara\/#Camping_Desert_Club_i_Douz\" >Camping Desert Club in Douz<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2025\/10\/ett-osannolikt-mote-vid-porten-till-sahara\/#Har_du_varit_med_om_ett_ovantat_mote_pa_en_resa\" >Have you had an unexpected encounter while travelling?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2025\/10\/ett-osannolikt-mote-vid-porten-till-sahara\/#Prenumerera_pa_vart_nyhetsbrev\" >Subscribe to our newsletter<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-pa-pressresa-i-tunisien\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Pa_pressresa_i_Tunisien\"><\/span>On a press trip to Tunisia<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are currently on a press trip in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/restips\/afrika\/tunisien\/\">Tunisia<\/a>. In this case, we're travelling in a minibus with a driver, guide and four other travel writers from Sweden, Norway and Finland. We follow a set programme, focusing primarily on southern Tunisia and a hot air balloon festival taking place on the island <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2021\/12\/gora-pa-djerba-i-tunisien\/\">Djerba<\/a> and in the localities of Douz and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2025\/11\/gora-i-tozeur-i-tunisien\/\">Tozeur<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/batch_IMG_E7955-771x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-274424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/batch_IMG_E7955-771x1024.jpg 771w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/batch_IMG_E7955-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/batch_IMG_E7955-768x1020.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/batch_IMG_E7955-169x224.jpg 169w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/batch_IMG_E7955-1157x1536.jpg 1157w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/batch_IMG_E7955-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/batch_IMG_E7955-245x325.jpg 245w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/batch_IMG_E7955-600x797.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/batch_IMG_E7955.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Peter in Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia, 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-en-intervju-en-resa-till-douz-och-ett-aventyr-i-filippinerna\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"En_intervju_en_resa_till_Douz_och_ett_aventyr_i_Filippinerna_%E2%80%A6\"><\/span>An interview, a trip to Douz and an adventure in the Philippines...<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first time we heard about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2025\/11\/gora-i-douz\/\">Douz<\/a> was when we interviewed \u201dThe Swedish Camel Rider\u201d Micke, for a feature story for a printed magazine that we published in summer 2022, and distributed to Swedish campsites.<\/p><div class=\"freed-grupp-i-blogginlagg freed-entity-placement\" id=\"freed-3110029644\"><div class=\"freed-adlabel\">Advertisement<\/div><div id=\"freed-slider-88752\" class=\"custom-slider freed-slider-3622851458 freed-slider\"><ul><li><div id=\"freed-4140577518\" class=\"method-missing not-front type-post not-theme-page\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/se.adria-mobil.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"adria-freedom-top-banner-588x158px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/adria-freedom-toppbanner-588x158px.gif\" alt=\"\"  width=\"588\" height=\"158\"   \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><li><div id=\"freed-3137708932\" class=\"method-missing not-front type-post not-theme-page\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ullbadden.se\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"ullbadden_588x158_feb_2026\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ullbadden_588x158_feb_2026-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ullbadden_588x158_feb_2026-1.jpg 588w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ullbadden_588x158_feb_2026-1-300x81.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ullbadden_588x158_feb_2026-1-224x60.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ullbadden_588x158_feb_2026-1-18x5.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ullbadden_588x158_feb_2026-1-433x116.jpg 433w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\" width=\"588\" height=\"158\"   \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><script>( window.advanced_ads_ready || jQuery( document ).ready ).call( null, function() {var $freedslider3622851458 = jQuery( \".freed-slider-3622851458\" );$freedslider3622851458.on( \"unslider.ready\", function() { jQuery( \"div.custom-slider ul li\" ).css( \"display\", \"block\" ); 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Well, because Micke and Julia took their campervan Snigel to Douz in Tunisia, where Micke trained for several months to compete in camel racing, and made a name for himself as \u201dThe Swedish Camel Rider\u201d. A fascinating story! <a href=\"http:\/\/etidning.pgab.se\/fsi\/static\/html\/camping\/freedomtravel2.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">You can read the full story in the e-magazine here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/batch_IMG_E8393-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-274422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/batch_IMG_E8393-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/batch_IMG_E8393-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/batch_IMG_E8393-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/batch_IMG_E8393-224x126.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/batch_IMG_E8393-18x10.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/batch_IMG_E8393-433x244.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/batch_IMG_E8393-590x332.jpg 590w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/batch_IMG_E8393-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/batch_IMG_E8393.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Camels in Douz, in southern Tunisia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We ended up in Douz in 2021, shortly after we got to know Micke and Julia via social media, on a press trip to southern Tunisia. Micke and Julia were not there at the time, but since they told us about the coach Ahmed, we took the opportunity to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2021\/11\/rida-kamel-i-tunisien\/\">visit him in his shop<\/a>. It was a very nice meeting!<\/p><div class=\"freed-grupp-i-blogginlagg-2 freed-entity-placement\" id=\"freed-3620015731\"><div class=\"freed-adlabel\">Advertisement<\/div><div id=\"freed-slider-88753\" class=\"custom-slider freed-slider-3430140778 freed-slider\"><ul><li><div id=\"freed-3623458965\" class=\"method-missing not-front type-post not-theme-page\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.elmia.se\/husvagn\/for-besokare\/biljetter\/?utm_source=freedomtravel&#038;utm_medium=banner&#038;utm_campaign=elmiahusvagn_kop_biljett_mars-sep\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"ElmiaHusvagnHusbil_2026_FREEDOMtravel_vi_ses_2027_588x158\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ElmiaHusvagnHusbil_2026_FREEDOMtravel_vi_ses_2027_588x158.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ElmiaHusvagnHusbil_2026_FREEDOMtravel_vi_ses_2027_588x158.jpg 588w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ElmiaHusvagnHusbil_2026_FREEDOMtravel_vi_ses_2027_588x158-300x81.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ElmiaHusvagnHusbil_2026_FREEDOMtravel_vi_ses_2027_588x158-224x60.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ElmiaHusvagnHusbil_2026_FREEDOMtravel_vi_ses_2027_588x158-18x5.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ElmiaHusvagnHusbil_2026_FREEDOMtravel_vi_ses_2027_588x158-433x116.jpg 433w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\" width=\"588\" height=\"158\"   \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><li><div id=\"freed-4027960323\" class=\"method-missing not-front type-post not-theme-page\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/husbilslandet.com\/i-lager?amount=-1&#038;vehicle_type=camper&#038;price=219000%2C8874149&#038;y=2005%2C2027&#038;weight=1000%2C18000&#038;rea=true\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Demo sale (588 x 158 px)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Demoutforsaljning-588-x-158-px-.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Demoutforsaljning-588-x-158-px-.jpg 588w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Demoutforsaljning-588-x-158-px--300x81.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Demoutforsaljning-588-x-158-px--224x60.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Demoutforsaljning-588-x-158-px--18x5.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Demoutforsaljning-588-x-158-px--433x116.jpg 433w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\" width=\"588\" height=\"158\"   \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><script>( window.advanced_ads_ready || jQuery( document ).ready ).call( null, function() {var $freedslider3430140778 = jQuery( \".freed-slider-3430140778\" );$freedslider3430140778.on( \"unslider.ready\", function() { jQuery( \"div.custom-slider ul li\" ).css( \"display\", \"block\" ); });$freedslider3430140778.unslider({ delay:4000, autoplay:true, nav:false, arrows:false, infinite:true });$freedslider3430140778.on(\"mouseover\", function() {$freedslider3430140778.unslider(\"stop\");}).on(\"mouseout\", function() {$freedslider3430140778.unslider(\"start\");});});<\/script><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"675\" height=\"535\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/souk-2-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-274425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/souk-2-2.jpg 675w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/souk-2-2-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/souk-2-2-224x178.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/souk-2-2-15x12.jpg 15w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/souk-2-2-410x325.jpg 410w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/souk-2-2-600x476.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">With Ahmed in Douz in autumn 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A little later, in 2023, we decided to take an adventurous trip in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/restips\/asien\/filippinerna\/\">Philippines<\/a> together with Micke and Julia. It was a very exciting and memorable trip with a local family boat in the island world of the Philippines. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After about a month and a half of adventuring together, we decided to split up and go our separate ways. Since then, we have not seen each other, but only had sporadic contact via social media ...<\/p><div class=\"freed-grupp-stora-banner freed-entity-placement\" id=\"freed-338223713\"><div class=\"freed-adlabel\">Advertisement<\/div><div id=\"freed-1704392325\" class=\"method-missing not-front type-post not-theme-page\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/firstcamp.se\/bra-att-veta\/incheckning-efter-stangning?utm_source=display&#038;utm_medium=Freedom-Travel&#038;utm_campaign=Freedom-Travel-sommar-2026\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Dropin_freedom_travel_588x280_SE_final\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Dropin_freedom_travel_588x280_SE_final.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Dropin_freedom_travel_588x280_SE_final.jpg 588w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Dropin_freedom_travel_588x280_SE_final-300x143.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Dropin_freedom_travel_588x280_SE_final-224x107.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Dropin_freedom_travel_588x280_SE_final-18x9.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Dropin_freedom_travel_588x280_SE_final-433x206.jpg 433w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\" width=\"588\" height=\"280\"   \/><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/hela-ganget-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-198336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/hela-ganget-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/hela-ganget-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/hela-ganget-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/hela-ganget-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/hela-ganget-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/hela-ganget-433x325.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/hela-ganget-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/hela-ganget-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/hela-ganget.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">On an adventure in the Philippines with Micke and Julia in 2023.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-tillbaka-i-douz-ett-osannolikt-mote-i-ahmeds-butik\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Tillbaka_i_Douz_%E2%80%93_ett_osannolikt_mote_i_Ahmeds_butik\"><\/span>Back in Douz - an unlikely encounter in Ahmed's shop<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All of a sudden, at the beginning of this press trip, I saw on Instagram that Micke and Julia had just taken the ferry from Italy to Tunisia. It was not something they had planned in advance, but a sudden whim ... and now they were in Douz, in the south of Tunisia ... where we were going! How unlikely was this? Of course we wanted to meet!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"570\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/batch_IMG_E8490-1024x570.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-274421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/batch_IMG_E8490-1024x570.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/batch_IMG_E8490-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/batch_IMG_E8490-768x428.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/batch_IMG_E8490-224x125.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/batch_IMG_E8490-18x10.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/batch_IMG_E8490-433x241.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/batch_IMG_E8490-600x334.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/batch_IMG_E8490.jpg 1182w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The road towards the souk (market) in Douz. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The natural meeting place for us in Douz is Ahmed's shop in the souk, that is, in the local market. Ahmed welcomed us cheerfully when we arrived and invited both us and our travelling companions, i.e. the other travel writers, to tea. He also took out his copy of our magazine, from 2022, which he had lying around in the shop. Great fun! And above all, it's great to see you again!<\/p><div class=\"freed-grupp-stora-banners-i-blogginlagg-2 freed-entity-placement\" id=\"freed-1522490217\"><div class=\"freed-adlabel\">Advertisement<\/div><div id=\"freed-1357696139\" class=\"method-missing not-front type-post not-theme-page\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/wifi.se\/produkt\/hybrid-traveller-portabel-5g-router-med-backup-batteri-i-over-6-timmar-usb\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"freedom\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/freedom.gif\" alt=\"\"  width=\"588\" height=\"288\"   \/><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After a while, Micke and Julia also turned up. So much fun, and almost unreal, to see them again! And so incredible that it would happen here, in Douz, in Ahmed's shop. It didn't just feel like a coincidence, but it felt like fate had a hand in it...!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"274413\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/batch_IMG_E8493-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-274413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/batch_IMG_E8493-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/batch_IMG_E8493-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/batch_IMG_E8493-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/batch_IMG_E8493-126x224.jpg 126w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/batch_IMG_E8493-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/batch_IMG_E8493-1152x2048.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/batch_IMG_E8493-7x12.jpg 7w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/batch_IMG_E8493-183x325.jpg 183w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/batch_IMG_E8493-600x1067.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/batch_IMG_E8493.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ahmed and Peter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"705\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"274414\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/batch_IMG_E8498-705x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-274414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/batch_IMG_E8498-705x1024.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/batch_IMG_E8498-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/batch_IMG_E8498-768x1115.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/batch_IMG_E8498-154x224.jpg 154w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/batch_IMG_E8498-1058x1536.jpg 1058w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/batch_IMG_E8498-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/batch_IMG_E8498-224x325.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/batch_IMG_E8498-600x871.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/batch_IMG_E8498.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 705px) 100vw, 705px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Julia, Micke and Ahmed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-camping-desert-club-i-douz\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Camping_Desert_Club_i_Douz\"><\/span>Camping Desert Club in Douz<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the other travel writers went back to the hotel, we accompanied Micke and Julia to the Desert Club campsite, where they are currently staying with their motorhome Snigel. <\/p><div class=\"freed-placering-11 freed-entity-placement\" style=\"text-align: center;\" id=\"freed-3877381405\"><div class=\"freed-adlabel\">Advertisement<\/div><div id=\"freed-slider-88783\" class=\"custom-slider freed-slider-577215206 freed-slider\"><ul><li><div id=\"freed-75363994\" class=\"method-missing not-front type-post not-theme-page\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/husvagnsbranschen.se\/medlemmar\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"HRF new xl 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beers and talked about everything between heaven and earth. What an incredible coincidence that we should bump into each other by chance, and in Douz of all places on earth!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/batch_XATP2743-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-274416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/batch_XATP2743-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/batch_XATP2743-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/batch_XATP2743-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/batch_XATP2743-224x168.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/batch_XATP2743-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/batch_XATP2743-433x325.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/batch_XATP2743-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/batch_XATP2743.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Camping Desert Club is in an excellent location, just a two-minute walk from the central souk of Douz. 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