Sahara We were warned that nights are cold in the Sahara. Everyone brought warm clothes and we were given sleeping bags fit for winter. Five of us women lay down side by side in one big tent. The night was hot. We left the tent windows open so we could breathe and got out of […]
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Constantine We arrived in Ghardaïa after midnight and drove to Beni Isguen Oasis. We stayed in a traditional guesthouse. The rooms were basic, yet had everything that was needed. Water in the shower was hot and no bugs of any kind. The group now consisted of 5 women. The rooms were double, so I had
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Timgad Numidians were first to populate this area; they called their city Cirta. In the 3rd century B.C., the Romans razed it to the ground, then rebuilt it under a new name, Constantine, after Emperor Constantine the Great. The city is located on the edge of a deep ravine that makes it a natural fortress.
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Djemila On the following morning, when we were going to Timgad, we learned the reason for police protection. Some Islamist in Janet attacked a Swiss tourist with a knife while she was sitting with her children in a popular café and cut her throat. The woman died and the attacker escaped. While he was on
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Algiers Our next daytrip was to an ancient Roman settlement of Djemila which is a UNESCO World Heritage site. It is inland and in the hills. Djemila is one of the best preserved Roman cities with amazing mosaics. I was very impressed by mosaics in Syria where I was one month before coming to Algeria.
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I noticed some kind of pattern in my traveling. Every year, I spend summer in Europe with side trips to Asia and Africa. In the fall, I start moving toward home in Colorado with stopovers along the way. This year, I did a trip to Syria from Bulgaria. Then time came to leave Europe, I
Monaco My fourth and last day in France was in Antibes, a small town on the coast about 20- minute train ride from Nice. The main reason for going there was to see Fort Carre. I love forts, fortresses, castles and alike and I had an extra day to kill in France. Fort Carre was
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Nice Not going to Monaco while staying in Nice would have been a big mistake. So, I took the train to Monte Carlo, the capital city of this tiny state, and spent a day visiting the main attractions there. Next was the Oceanographic Museum founded by Price Albert I over 100 years ago. The two
Two weeks on the road during the Syria trip with not enough sleep took the toll on me. I spent 3 weeks in Bulgaria recovering and getting ready for my next destination, Algeria. It was possible to fly from Bulgaria to Algiers on one ticket but this meant a long journey and sleepless nights again.
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I hardly got any sleep that night. Breakfast was at 4.30 a.m. and I had no appetite so early in the morning. However, we had a long day ahead and little time for meal breaks. The road from Damascus to Palmyra alone was 5 hours one way. Knowing that, I forced myself to swallow two
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