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“Oran”-ginally From Algeria!

“Oran”-ginally From Algeria!

by Calvin Sun | Jan 11, 2020 | Algeria, January 2020: The Saharan Odyssey, Way Way Off the Beaten Path

 Gooooood morning Tlemcen!  This morning we hopped on a 3 hour morning drive back to Oran, where we dropped off our bags at the hotel and began our tour of the city with the Fort of Santa Cruz:  The fort has changed hands as often as...
Tlemcen-sational!

Tlemcen-sational!

by Calvin Sun | Jan 11, 2020 | Algeria, January 2020: The Saharan Odyssey, Way Way Off the Beaten Path

 After a morning in the off-the-grid deserts of Timimoun yesterday, we headed to the airport to catch our 5:10pm flight to Oran, the second biggest city of Algeria.Despite a nerve-racking turbulent flight for nearly an hour in a rainstorm, we managed to still...
In-Timimoun-ly Falling In Love

In-Timimoun-ly Falling In Love

by Calvin Sun | Jan 9, 2020 | Algeria, January 2020: The Saharan Odyssey, Way Way Off the Beaten Path

 After breakfast in Taghit, at 9am we hopped on our mini-van heading to Timimoun while being accompanied by a police escort the entire time.It was 9 hours of this outside:   We briefly stopped to look at unguarded fossils of sea life from…the...
Aim High And Keep Your Eyes On The “Taghit”

Aim High And Keep Your Eyes On The “Taghit”

by Calvin Sun | Jan 8, 2020 | Algeria, January 2020: The Saharan Odyssey

 After 1 day in the City of Bridges and driving back 5 hours to Algiers’ domestical terminal, we caught the 10pm Air Algiers flight to Bechar, close to the Moroccan border.Curiously they’ll check (but won’t stamp) your passports even when flying...
Constantine-ly On My Mind

Constantine-ly On My Mind

by Calvin Sun | Jan 7, 2020 | Algeria, January 2020: The Saharan Odyssey, What Dreams May Come

 Constantine, aka the “City of Bridges” due to the numerous bridges connecting the mountains the city is built on (and thus the only way to reach it is by a bridge!), is truly a dramatic sight to behold.  And I’m not talking about the...
Er Mah “TimGad”! Deserted Roman Ruins All To Myself!

Er Mah “TimGad”! Deserted Roman Ruins All To Myself!

by Calvin Sun | Jan 6, 2020 | Algeria, January 2020: The Saharan Odyssey, Way Way Off the Beaten Path

  Our original plan was to head to the Roman ruins of Djemila today, but we would be informed last night that the military had recently closed it off for unknown reasons. Never deterred, however, we instead upgraded last minute to something even bigger and...
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