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The smaller oasis villages don't have electricity, no running water, no sewage.Any house has anyway a w.c. that often is just an open air corner overlooking the neighbouring courtyard. There is always a sort of curtain (for you privacy) but I must admit that the presence of goats and sheets underneath is a bit embarassing.
Mozabites are a conservative Islamic sect and they live mainly in the Ghardaia area.They are strongly bound to their traditions and most Mozabite women wear a veil covering completely their head, with the exception of one or both eyes.
Finding food in the smaller oasis in the Sahara can be difficult. If you see camel legs on the ground, close to a door, they are selling camel meat there. You can buy it and then cook it yourself on fire. It tastes reasonably good...
Algerians speak Arabic, and French, but some speak good English too.Greetings begin with "Assalamualaikum" and they put their cheeks together after that. But for foreigner like me, a simple handshake or putting your right arm across your left chest is a good gesure.
At first it could result a little impressive, but after a pair of days drinking ambient temperature water, and you taste the water is inside the guerba, no matter where it comes from, you preffer the guerba's!!!!
This is one of the things I most enjoyed. The tea hour. Traditonaly there are three of them, always in the same order.The first: Strong like lifeThe second: Bitter like deadThe third: Sweet like loveIf you only want to take one, for politeness you should wait for the last, considered for them like the worse (for a european taste it is less heavy than the others, and it is very, very good)It is not easy to make the tea properly, it is a long and calm ceremony where the nervous and hurries don't have an invitation. If you have the opportunity to sea the preparation take profit of it and enjoy one of the traditions of the country.
In Algeria, Arabic is the official language. Greetings are often cordial and genuine, usually a handshake and an embrace (between members of the same sex). Algerians frequently use hand gestures during conversations. It is considered impolite to point directly at someone. Men and women tend to socialize separately.
Ghardaia is known for its Mozabite inhabitants - a Berber tribe belonging to the Islamic group of the Kharejites - and you can see many women covered completely - except for one eye!
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Q: Hello VT members I wanted to take trip to north africa maybe next year I wanted to visit Morocco & Tunisia & Algreia. I am...
A: You will need to fly in. The land borders to Morocco and Tunisia are closed for overland visitors.
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