Safety Tips in Algeria

At nigth , everytime that you see a Police / army road block, before you get to them turn the inside car light IN and slow dow.

They will order to spot or not.

But your inside light must be IN, other wise you might get in problems.

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 !

If you decide to cross the Sahara desert by car, make sure, that it is a good one, that you have plenty of water with you to survive in case of a breakdown and to take a good navigation system with you! It might be fatal otherwise!

Before I go to Algier I looking so many pages at Internet about ALGIER and Im so angry at USA travelers pages who write so bad, so many lies against this wonderfull country at mediteranian.

Especially US ambassy security travel pages write that is country full of terrorists, dangerous and killings...LIES, LIES LIES

If you are going in trouble deffinetely in USA you receive more attacs then all around the globe.

In Algier is normal that you dont go in middle of night in Casbah or El Harrach zone where like in Bronx group of people attack you to take you money or things...but in Algier be sure you can walk also in not so late evening in town, looking the sunset on the beach.

All this is true and I was 3 months there in town ORan, Algier and ANNABA.

EARTHQUAK
voulez vous donc donnez a l'etat de la conistance, rapprochez les degrees extremes autant u'il est possible ,ne souffrez ni des gens opulents ni des gueux,ces deux etat naturellement inseparable sont egalement funestes au bien commun;
de l'un sortent les fauteurs de la tyrannie de l'autre sortent les tyrans
c'est toujours entre eux que se fait le trafic de la liberte publique!!!
l'un l'achete , l'autre la vend!
quelque branche de commerce exterieur dit (le marquis D'ARGENSON) ,ne repand guere q'une fausse utilite pour un royameen general,elle peut enrichir quelques particuliers, meme quelques villes , mais la nation entiere n'y gagne rien,et le peuple n'en est pas mieux!!!!!!

In this zone we saw 3 scorpions, so it's recommendable to sleep inside a tent, the guides didn't because they are used to it, but it is a little impressive to anybody else except them. This "lovely" animals use to stay near the rocks and stones, don't put the tent near.

There are also snakes and other animals, don't worrry very much, if you don't disturb them there's no problem, but be careful where you put your feet and look inside your shoes!!

It's not very probable that rain comes, but nothing is impossible. During my trip our guide told us that it was raining in the mountains and that it could be dangerous. I didn't understand what it meant until where there were only dry sand a front of water came, a huge quantity of liquid was pulling whatever it found and a river appeared. It can be very dangerous, it is not a joke.

In the dessert is very, very easy to get lost. You can get confused very easily and it's very difficult to find somewhere or someone. That's why the travel assurances don't cover getting lost in the dessert or in the sea.

If you decide to go to make a little excursion without a guide talk conviniently about where they are going to pick you up and wich is the way to take. It is very serious

Take ALWAYS with you water (more than needed) a light (it's very usefull at night to make sings) and some extra clothes (if it get's dark the temperature falls).