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July 13th, 2010 | Africa

We Cross the Med…

The Big Fella lines up for a final African Customs and Police check in the harbour of Oran…

The Boys in Blue gather to bid me Bon Voyage, and farewell to Africa…

Getting out of Algeria was a bit stressful…

Firstly, my taxi driver friend did not show up at the […]

July 11th, 2010 | Africa

The “Plan” Comes Together…!!

My taxi driver was on time this morning, and we got to the offices of Acciona in a quarter of the time it took us to find the place yesterday… Within minutes, I was being assisted by the staff there and had my tickets had been printed… I had been told that I would have […]

July 10th, 2010 | Africa

Last Ride in North Africa… Tipaza to Oran…

The Big Fella was locked and loaded, ready for our last ride in Africa for a long, long time…

Perhaps they got the spelling wrong on the top sign… Didn't matter to me, all I wanted was to get to Oran…

Today was going to be our last long ride on […]

July 9th, 2010 | Africa

To Tipaza Through Friendly Algeria…

Early morning in Annaba, and the locals are already enjoying their coffee at the many pavement coffe shops…

The hotel manager had advised me to stay clear of Algiers, and rather head for Tipaza, about 100 km west of the capital…

“Zere are too many peoples and cars in Algiers and you will […]

July 8th, 2010 | Africa

Into Algeria and on to Annaba…

Intrepidation as I saw the first sign directing me to the Algerian Border…

From the little town of Tabarka, a narrow road winds steeply up the mountainside and takes you through forests of scrubby pine and other “Fynbos” like patches of low bush before entering the parking lot of a surprisingly large border […]