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Tunis to Algiers
Since the elderly flyers of the group could not quite master the heat, I decided to continue the journey westwards....chose Algiers, capital of Algeria...a 1 hours flight from Tunis along Africa's North Coast.
Departure was uneventful except for the extremely tight turn on the SID to return over the field....try doing that in a heavy MD-11....not fun!
We got set and all was ...
Alger la Blanche
... it, so that the dress is like a tunic over the pants. I need to adjust my wardrobe, so that I fit in somewhat, even though, that still might be a tall order.
My walk takes me to "La Grande Poste" the main post office, Hotel Albert I, and several small but loveley parks. I continue past the port and government buildings along the coast. There is a wide promenade and the view onto the Mediterranean ...
The bay of alger is in the shape of a croissant
... I had hard time packing when all my wardrobe consists of is jeans, black tank tops, and sweaters that fall of my shoulders.
... only my friend Lars comforted me that I will likely die in a car accident and not a kidnap...
At the airport I scanned the crowd: few families returning home, business men, smaller groups of korean and chinese men, and two or three women travelling alone. I scrutinized their outfits and meticolously measured the length of their sleeves, ...
Grand mosque (Algiera, Algeria)
... under sultan Ali ibn Yusuf. Its minaret dates from 1324 and was built by the Ziyyanid sultan of Tlemcen. The gallery at the outside of the mosque was built in 1840. Its construction was a consequence of a complete reconstruction of the street by the French.
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Working in Algiers
... see in two hours. Our guide new less English than I know French, so we didn't really know most of what we were seeing.
Then back to work for our .last meeting and straight to the aiport, where crowds hung around televisions watching the soccer (football) ...