Villa Otman Hashaishe Ghadamis

As Claudia was visiting we decided to book a trip to Ghadames, the old town know as the Pearl of the desert. It was an 8 hour drive inland from Tripoli and situated on the edge of the Sahara desert near Algeria and Tunisia. We had a wonderful guide Mustafa take us out there and show us around. He was actually born in the old Medina so was full of information. We stayed in a lovely new hotel Dar Ghadames for 2 nights. Although nothing to do at night our ...

Another funny place to go: the Algerian desert. An airbus dropped me in Hassi-Messaoud. After hours of customs and security checks, I set off in a 10-passenger plane. Two hours flight to the camp. I had never thought that the desert from above would be so diversified and so magnificent. By the way, in Arthus-Bertrand's photo book series, one is dedicated to ...