Algeria

Bou Saâda. Boooou indeed.

I’ve so far mostly been singing praises of Algeria as a travel destination, but it’s time to look at some of the darker sides of it as well. Namely, the respect

Ghardaïa, the towering pentopolis of the desert

Next, I headed north toward Ghardaïa. Although the desert further south intrigues me quite a bit, the vast distances involved and other practical challenges call for a separate trip. Ghardaïa is the commonly

An oasis of hospitality

It's almost a cliché to say how friendly people in a country you visited are. It's not that I expected anything different. I'm also well familiar with

The casbah of Algiers

Casbah is a citadel, an older, fortified part of town in the Islamic culture, with the term most commonly used in North Africa. In Algiers, the contrast of the casbah with the rest