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...
by Calvin Sun | Jan 5, 2020 | Algeria, January 2020: The Saharan Odyssey, Walking Tours
Onwards to another monsoon! After being approved for a last minute Algerian visa only yesterday, I spent the last 24 hours scrambling for flights out of NYC. Thanks to Evan Danek’s advice, I quickly cashed in 47,500 British Airways Avios miles (that were...