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Beni Isguen.

by JLBG

Beni Isguen is one of the five cities (pentapole) of the Mzab. It is a sacred city, enclosed by walls. Its doors are closed at dusk as no foreigner to the city can spend the night inside its walls. It is the Mzab city that has the most kept its character. You will not be allowed to visit the city on your own (anyway, you would not see anything !). You have to ask for a guide at the tourist office in Ghardaia that will introduce you everywhere you are allowed to go. More on my Mzab page (to come).

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Illizi

by worldtraveler55

IlliziIllizi is a small town near the eastern border off Algeria.It's hard to get there, course there is only a "Piste" ; and with some luck jou will find a sign posted, to show you a way; hopefully to the place you want to go.So it means you have to take a verry good map and compas; otherwise you can get lost.

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Ford Issendjel

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Ford IssendjelThere are numerous military forts built across the Sahara (mainly by the French but also by the Italians) during the last century and a bit.Ford Issendjel is one off them, near the Libian border

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Tassili N'Ajjer

by worldtraveler55

Tassili N'AjjerThe Tassili N'Ajjer is one of the more famous landscapes of Algeria, being a vast plateau, to the north of the Hoggar Mountains. Few areas of Algeria has wilder landscape than Tassili N'Ajjer, characterised by deep chasms and dramatic cliffs.

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Fort Gardel

by worldtraveler55

Fort GardelFort Gardel (north west of Djanet) was built on the site of Zaouatanlaz (called Zaouatallaz on some maps), on the track between Djanet and Dider. It was given the name of Gardel, the victor at Essayen, who died on 8 April 1916 on the European Front. Lt. Gabriel Gardel, led the Ajjer group of the Compagnie Saharienne du Tidikelt under Capt. Charlet. At Esseyen, near Ghat, on 8 April 1913 he won a notable action against a raiding party of vastly superior numbers from the Fezzan. He was deeply interested in the Tuareg, and his copious notes on the Kel Ajjer were finally edited and published posthumously in 1961. He died in that action in 1916, leaving a young son. His grandson Louis Gardel is now a well-known author, one of whose recent novel "Fort Saganne" is based on his grandfather's life. At the time of Algerian independence, Fort Gardel was renamed Fort Haoues (sometimes...

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Hammam Meskoutine

by JLBG

Hammam Meskoutine is an off the beaten path destination, 80 km south to Annaba with hot springs and prodigious stone waterfalls. The water is 98°C, one of the hottest springs in the world, together with some springs in Iceland. It is highly mineralized and when it flows, it crystallizes to give huge draperies, a kind of impressive stone waterfall with various colors, almost 20 meters high.More on my Hammam Meskoutine page.

Annaba

by JLBG

Annaba is the capital of the eastern part of Algeria. It was a Roman city under the name of Hippone. The ruins of Hippone are enclosed and given our schedule, we could not visit them. The city was named Bône until the independence. It has now more than 600,000 inhabitants.This photo shows one of the several superb houses built at the very beginning of the 20th century and kept in excellent condition.More on my Annaba page.I have also a page on Ras El Hamra/Cap de Garde (under the name of Sidi Ibrahim), a pleasant seaside resort close to Annaba,Ain Berda, a small village south to Annaba with yummy brochettes,El Kala and its wetland National Park, between Annaba and El Kala/La Calle.

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School warning !

by JLBG

I have already written in other tips that I collected photos of school warning road signs. I took this one in 2005 in Annaba. I should have more in my old slides that I will add. On the occasion of our recent travel, I noticed that Algeria had a great variety of such road signs. It seems that they were all different (home and hand made ?) but unfortunately, as we were not on our own, I could not take other pictures ! The car or the bus ran too fast ! Next time, Inch'Allah !

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Hoggar, young Kel-Ahaggar

by JLBG

We had our noon bivouac under an "abris sous roche" (shelter-under-rock) that had been extensively used by sheep too as a shelter, given the thickness of the droppings ! It was not far from the Assekrem, with no living soul around. At least, that was what we thought ! After may be half an hour, these two youngster appeared and proposed to sell us a wood carved spoon. I will add the photo as soon as possible.

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Hoggar, the Daouda.

by JLBG

This photo shows a typical landscape of the Hoggar. In the foreground, the bed of an oued. An oued is a dry river that might flow every 5 or 10 years but water remains in the depth of the soil for years. Then, it hosts an abundant (desert speaking !) vegetation that often blooms in beautiful colors (travelogue to come). In the background, the Daouda mount, a volcanic structure.

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