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Boys, we have gone international!  
   

Boys, we have gone international!

As a young boy, dad spent many hours on the tractor. This gave him a lot of time to think. His goal was to create a saying or phrase to match the folksy vernacular of the local ranchers. He finally came up with "He's so unlucky his oil can rusted." Brillant? Numbers don't lie...we found this older Taureg man proudly wearing a t-shirt with his slogan. Guess he's gone international!
Are we still in Algeria?

May 14th 2011
We jumped in the Land Cruiser and headed south through the desert and sand dunes to Timimoun. We travelled over 350 miles, but the change in scenery and culture would make you think we travelled to another country. The architecture looked nothing like Ghardaia or anywhere else we have been in Algeria. The dress was very different and did not seem to be nearly as conservative. The women do not fu ... read more
Africa » Algeria » South » Béchar

Algerian Flag After more than a century of rule by France, Algerians fought through much of the 1950s to achieve independence in 1962. Algeria's primary political party, the National Liberation Front (FLN), has dominated politics ever since. Many Algerians in the ... ... read more
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