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Gahaf mode travelling, a journey in search of truth | Elyes Alias Gahaf Tounsi | TEDxENIB


Translator: Arij Amara Checker: Anwar Dafa-Alla
Hi
A lot of people when they hear about the bottom for the first time
Or even when visiting his Facebook page
They have a picture in their imagination
Most often, the reverse is true
This is something that does not bother me
In the end who wants to understand it to follow
I’m not Tunisian. Tunisian is a character
Is a lot of ideas and attitudes
Philosophy is complete, a little tricky
It takes a lot of time and pedagogy to reach and understand
The word “Wahaf” reflects the reality of a large part of the youth in Tunisia and the world
The reality of unemployment and lack of money
They live this reality as a tragedy, while seeing it as a path of happiness and freedom
And who wants to understand it to follow
A Tunisian whale is the personality of anyone who can make it up
Whether on a temporary basis or on an ongoing basis
He can travel on a barefoot way or live in a barefoot way
These concepts I wanted to be I (Elias) first to apply and try it
To be an example, to open the way
I started an experiment in Asia, a one-year and two-month trip with an average of $ 100 a month
Then I lived on a continent where I traveled for a year
With almost no expense, the concept of working without a som has been applied to a concept that I have already discussed
Today I will tell you about an experience I experienced in Tunisia, a Tunisian newspaper
A voyage on the way I did in Tunisia last year
She was on a bicycle that was more than 1,000 km long and lasted 35 days
I started from the neighborhood of Ghazala in Ariana, where I grew up
Then crossed the states of Ariana, Tunisia Ben Arous, Zaghouan, Qarwan
Sidi Bouzid, Gafsa, Tozeur, Qabli, Gabes, Sfax
To the young land of my ancestors and the place where I want to live, in the state of Mahdia
The trip was on a bike I do not consider a sportsman ever. I do not consider myself an athlete
I did not wear a sportswear that did not have a helmet. I wore plain clothes
The bike is very simple, ordinary, its brakes are not working
I move slowly
They carry between 15 and 20 kg of food, clothing, camping supplies and water
For me the bike is simply a means of transport
A clean transport means no pollution and does not consume groundwater
And benefit my health and my body
Love her, give me a sense of freedom and peace of mind
When I travel I live where I cross and enter the decor
If tired I stop, imitate people, take pictures
On this trip I did not use the bike every day
I move from place to place everywhere I spend 3 or 4 days and then continue for 35 days
On this trip, I did not have the framework or the assemblies or anything else
I went myself by myself
The police stopped me three times to confirm my identity and they searched me once to prove what I had told him
I hit the wheel on 3 occasions, usually repairing it myself but resorting to goodness once
I always try to take secondary roads avoiding highways and wide roads
I take empty roads most of the time
I avoid driving at night. I start early in the morning and try to reach the last morning
For eating
I prevented myself from consuming the manufactured materials. Everything that came out of the factory I do not consume
That’s for many reasons but the main reason is that I am
I had a challenge that did not produce organic waste means all plastics in general
The official backer for me was the return to my Tunisian Diarre and Dona Biha Ahbabi and my relatives
Including balsaise, broccoli, olive oil, Arabic harissa, and the Lord …
There are also the fruits and vegetables given to me by Mzaifi and all those who have camped for them
In Al-Waslatiya I lived with people who produce honey. I participated in the work and they gave me a little honey
Dates were taken from the Palm directly when they were paddling in pomegranate oases and grapes as well
That vegetable seller who did not accept my money when he knew my story, gave me vegetables to cook for dinner
There are wild plants like Tazia, sprouting in the desert delicious, how metal. I cooked it
In that photo Pepper got it on the side of the road and dumped it
I met three of them and cooked them and they were excellent
For water, do not consume water sold in flasks
From the tap of cafes or houses on the road or from wells, or gliders or eyes
I cook my food every day on the fire of the firewood
Have a good breakfast
In the sunset, cook a good dinner in the middle of the day, eating light, greens and fruits available
Wash the bowls yourself with dirt or sand and a little water
Also wash my clothes myself, with green soap the official backpacks for cleaning the trip
So at the end of the trip
The yield of non-essential waste to its production
It was less than 10 grams
I will open the door to explain the cause of this challenge
For faqih, pollution is the problem we are living in our time
It is not a waste disposal problem. For me
When the garbage was put in the basket, the cleaning trucks took it, but in the end it was received in nature
Will be burned, stoned or otherwise but in all cases, will be contaminated
So for the barefoot, the problem is mainly the problem of waste production
Our generation produces thousands of times of waste, and we are still growing. There is a terrible lack of awareness
So I wanted to have an experience of 5 weeks
Most active, I do many things I travel, enjoy … without producing garbage
In the end produced 10 grams of garbage
I had a lot of money with me. I said it was not enough, but the other one spent only 9 dinars 300 mm
How? In fact, it was not austerity. Start!
I told you how the food was loaded, otherwise people would come to me and give me vegetables and fruit from their garden
Water: tap and only Malper and only Malmagel
Transportation on the bike, accommodation as a meal, and cooking
So in the end I did not deserve money at all
I can give you as the money spent 5 dinars to buy an internal frame
On the last trip, after it became completely worn out
I fixed it on one occasion when I had to fix it when it was good
Dinars and half, at the end of the journey when the beard went on and people thought of me as a terrorist
I bought a shaver and flew the beard
And 1800 mm estret with vegetables on 4 occasions I buy 500 mm enough to cook my dinner
The theme of the trip was the search for freedom, originality, beauty and nature
So when I put my tent, I look for a beautiful place
An authentic and natural place in a farm, in a forest or in an oasis
And only in the desert, that picture in the desert in Douz or in the caves in Vabes
Very nice places
Why do I live with people trying to integrate into their lives? I live their lives and participate in their activities and work with them
I found myself working as a blacksmith making clay molds in Tozeur
I work the honey for the trees of the trees for the olive trees and the dates I plant the beans and to feed the goats in the mountains
These are all authentic experiences that I may have traveled as tourists who can not live
I also met a lot of simple people
Cano I have deep and frank discussions with them
Especially their reality, problems and lives
I also tell my philosophy and my thoughts
I also met many beautiful Ansonian animals and learned a lot about them
I saw lots of beautiful scenery, especially with sunrise and sunset, every day
In Tunisia we have caves, we have desert, we have barbarian villages with waterfalls, canyons
I enjoyed it a lot
It happened about this day-to-day experience on Facebook at this time of the past year
Publish photos and videos with each image Publish a comment
And those who want to understand it to follow
In my profile there are such experiments that I live in, and there are commentaries that express them expressing the ideas of the barefoot
There is a group of arguments and video for others, but they reflect on the ideas of prejudice that I publish every day
And the follower understands a lot of things
There is another experience that I have experienced in the summer. I will not talk about it in detail today
I’ll just give you an idea that basically was the idea of ​​Stag Tvhiv
I mean the experience I’m in with a bunch of people who followed me on Facebook
We live in the experience of a newspaper, living in a way that is bare, with each other
We called it “Vistafal Altvih” or “Altvihvast”
I will not go into the details just I came with a video with me today will be displayed for the first time
We accompanied a team from a media outlet named Quaid for a day
The atmosphere took the testimony of some of the participants and my testimony
And, God willing, pass on the Vestval. Thank
I’m addicted to freedom
And I wanted to learn
And to realize my potential as a human being
I consider myself a journey in search of the truth
The project “Tunisia” started almost 4 years ago
And this summer I had an appointment with people who followed me a lot
In order to live with each other the experience of Tahafist, Vistafal Altvih
My name is Nadia Latiri
Amal Medemeg
Ahmed Mrabet
My name is Mohamed Jihad Bougainmi
There were three sessions, each of which lasted for a week and was attended by ten participants
I am a friend of despair
I follow the “Tunisian Chef” on Facebook
I was impressed with his trips to Tunisia
It inspires me a lot
The purpose of the festvalum is for participants to experience an experience
Help them to understand how and why we can travel or live in a way that is unfair
Elias wants self-sufficiency in food
I took a picture of myself and planted a tree and sent it to him
Decreased consumption of water and light
It is an experience, we said why not. For a week, why not change a little
As you saw in the blackboard wrote “make Jok”
I mean, you can be a building that does not need to produce something in itself
A plant based feed system
I imagined it was impossible to eat only the claws and herbs
But then when I ate and grandmother is delicious, not bad
Productive, educational and recreational activities were suggested each day throughout the week
We have challenged the consumption of available resources, such as water and electricity, with a lot of responsibility
Make as much as possible the industrial products with authentic local products
And we try a diet based on the plants that we produce and ban them with our hands
If we were aware of the importance of the thought of unfairness is a radical solution to many problems, especially in the environment
We give ourselves the freedom to practice and contribute to our society
It can be without a job but useful at the same time
We live a simple life, but a lot of production is practical, technical and intellectual
Far from the consumer society and the American dream
Here we dream of freedom, of self-sufficiency in life with the group and of nature
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