Hotel d'Hydra Algiers

... on the 3rd floor. The room was very good but it had one flaw..The roof of the hotel lobby is up to 2nd floor and my room was just on it. So all I could view from my window is a huge grey roof in front of me. However, upon my request, the room is now changed to 11th floor so I have a better view now. From the official sources we learned that, it may not be possible for them to extend my visa from inside Algeria. I have to extend my visa before our planned ...

... has not yet started. So, after the sunset (which is around 8:00 PM) all the shops closes by 9:00, and the resturants closes by 10:00. We try to taste different types of food that we can find around. Once we tried Pizza, the other day we tried the grilled chicken, than Fried chicken and one night we tried a "Posh" restrant called "The Pokar das". The resturant is relatively better than the others (although we found that one of the Napkin has hole in it due to old age ...

... facing the sea. However, two of my colleagues (Vittorio & Amir) found themselves at the other side of the building so missing the wonderful view. Our local colleague, Amar came to visit us and took us to launch. Then we returned to hotel. We also had dinner with Amar (This guy is wonderful) who took us to the Grill district of Algiers . Amar told us that in Algiers they have separate districts for different type of food one for Grilled ...

... in our flash multistar hotel heading to the disco after spending the rest of our dinars on Algerian red wine...due to the fact that they are impossible to change back into foreign currency in Algeria. Apparently they forgot that its their own %$#ing currency. Off to the bottle....and my tourmates...stay tuned for more later. : )

Accueil à l'aéroport sans aucun panneau - dans un pays réputé pour ses pb de sécurité, ça commence bien... Passage par un bureau de passage au siège de la société. Rien à faire qu'attendre "l'escort" 2 heures de route au Sud d'Alger, sous escort: un business entretenu pour les sociétés internationales par les autorités locales sans doute. Des flics partout - jamais vu autant

... who become guides and allow you to find the most interesting things to visit without loosing too much time in the difficult narrow streets. The food is tasty and you can try different specialties,like tagine chicken and not only the famous couscous. Try the local red wine and the palm liqueur. It is amazing to walk in the great square of Jemaa l-Fna in Marrakesh looking at the snake-charmers , the water sellers, the storytellers, the musicians and trying to eat some ...

... even climbed the top of a mountain to reach the Pere Foucault refuge where this missioner lived before being murdered by the locals. We slept under a million stars sky in our sleeping bag without tents and enjoyed the desert experience that is unique, I miss it so much that I want to repeat it again on the sand dunes of Djanet, the east part of Hoggar Tassili, the rocky red desert similar to the U.S. Monument Valley