Constantine, spanning the canyons of time
Some cities you just can't stop taking photos of. By the virtue of the canyons it spans and the layers of history nested on top of them, Constantine is one such
History
From the Baroque of Batna to Timgad, the quintessential Roman city
By now, the manner of transport between cities in Algeria was already quite familiar. Buses exist mainly in theory and the shared taxis are the default option in most cases. Which is not
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
Algeria - a few historical teasers and photos to begin with
En route. Blogging. It's been a while. I'm writing this from Algiers, a city that's a most peculiar mix of colonial French, Arab / Ottoman and post independence