Anyone been to Tunisia?

[Charlie]

I'm off to Tunisia in a few weeks, and plan to wear sarongs 100% of the time. Anyone had experience of being comfortable i.e. not wearing trousers, in Tunisia?

It would be nice to wear a sarong on the flight out there, and enter the country in a sarong; normally I wear trousers to enter the country, then rip 'em off as soon as the hotel room door is closed. Anyone encounter any 'funnies' or awkwardness at the airport on the way in?

Charlie

[Stu]

Never been to Tunisia, but I have travelled on ships and planes in a sarong, through ports and airports etc and found that, if you are wearing a sarong you can't go wrong anywhere, really. Just make sure it's substantial, a reasonably long length and is clearly secure. A colourful sarong is always eye-catching, especially when worn by a man, but it certainly doesn't cause a stir these days.

Be bold and enjoy your holiday.

Stu

[Since1982]

I have been thru airports wearing a sarong or a straight plain colored skirt and with the sarong, the only people that even notice you are probably thinking how comfortable that looks. If you're a light skinned blond type, more people notice you than if you look like you're from a Pacific rim country or island. Those native types carry off the sarong/sulu look so well from wearing that kind of clothing as a normal thing in their everyday life that no one notices anything unusual or special as they might with a Nordic looking type.

Actually, wearing a sarong gets you thru checkpoints much easier than wearing long trousers and jackets with tons of pockets that undesirable things might be sequestered in. A sarong or skirt with a shoulder bag usually gets you right thru quickly and with no to little checking. As far as Tunesia is concerned, That's just another mid-east country where djellabas are common as are other robe or skirted like garments and bring no notice at all. :)

[Sylvain]

I read somewhere that in Islamic countries it is better to hide men's knees. So be sure you sarong is long enough.

[Charlie]

I read somewhere that in Islamic countries it is better to hide men's knees. So be sure you sarong is long enough.

I've read that somewhere as well. I normally wear ankle-length sarongs, although I do have a couple of half-sarongs for home wear. The original reason for wearing a sarong, back in 2003, was to keep the sun off my legs. I'd worn shorts the year before and got the lower part of my legs badly sunburned, and I didn't want to wear trousers in hot weather (can't think why ). That practical reason was soon replaced by the sheer comfort, coolness, fun and delight of the sarong.

Methinks it's going to be a sarong on the flight out. The only thing that might count against it is that we have to be at the airport at 4 am, and England at that time of the morning can be perishing cold, even in summer.

Charlie

[Milfmog]

Methinks it's going to be a sarong on the flight out. The only thing that might count against it is that we have to be at the airport at 4 am, and England at that time of the morning can be perishing cold, even in summer.

You could always "do a Beckham" and wear jeans under the sarong....

....no? Oh, OK I'll go and wash my mouth out with Fairy Liquid

Have fun,


Ian.

[Milfmog]

Methinks it's going to be a sarong on the flight out. The only thing that might count against it is that we have to be at the airport at 4 am, and England at that time of the morning can be perishing cold, even in summer.

You could always "do a Beckham" and wear jeans under the sarong....

....no? Oh, OK, I'll go and wash my mouth out with Fairy Liquid

Have fun,


Ian.

[Milfmog]

I've travelled around Europe and parts of the middle east in skirts, kilts, sarongs etc and never had a problem in an airport. Overseas I usually find that there is no reaction at all but if there is I get treated as just another eccentric Englishman.

I've just stopped worrying what others think now, so long as I can avoid causing offence, I'll wear what I want to.

Have fun,


Ian.

[MtnBiker]

I get the most positive comments when wearing a kilt. Apparently no one notices when I wear a sarong. I've only found myself wearing them just this year, but never had a single comment -- positive or negative.

[Charlie]

You could always "do a Beckham" and wear jeans under the sarong....

But .... wearing jeans under a skirt (if you call a sarong a skirt) is what the women do - and I don't want to dress like a woman

Charlie