http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Algeria/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Africa , Algeria en-us Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:33:06 BST Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:33:06 BST text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Algeria/East/Batna/blog-331941.html Yep that's where I am.And Im on the cusp of leaving on my bike ride down to Toronto. And its sunny and Im full from an amazing breakfast and my bike has enough food on it for 3 or 4 days and Im riding through places Ive never ever been before.And it makes me happy. And I just on friday did a presentationworkshop about Otesha in a middle school which was my first ever outside of actuall http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Algeria/East/Batna/blog-326500.html Whew. I dont have time for another long entry as Im at the cybercafe with this other girl and I dont know how long she wants to stay.And THIS is the great thing and the problem about Algeria.BacktrackSo I spent a great and relaxing day in Tipaza before heading back to Algiers hurtling in a bus in the 35 degree heat and again having barely the foggiest clue as to what was happening. Im gettin http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Algeria/East/blog-310088.html It is with sheer frustration that I RESTART this freaking entry. When I havent posted for a couple of days feel free to assume that Ive had all my money stolen that Ive been kidnapped or that Ive been a victim of a terrorist bombing.Seriously Im joking.It is much safer to assume that Im having a ridiculously wild time. And Algeria is that a wild ride of epic proportions. That really quite un http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Algeria/blog-307804.html I JUST SPENT THE LAST HALF AN HOUR TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN HOUR WRITING AN ELABORATE POST THAT GOT DELETED.AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.seriously. I remember even thinking to myself about how proud I was of my wit. and it was detailed. and it described my entire time in Algeria thus far and I was ALMOST FINISHED.I hoped against all hope that the site would have saved it.AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Algeria/blog-307803.html test2 http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Algeria/East/Batna/blog-295939.html Here are a few photos taken on a two week trip to the south of Algeria in October 2007. It was a loop from Tamanrasset over to Djanet and back. It's a well tried route and not terribly testing.httppicasaweb.google.comalgeriamikeAlgerie2007There were six of us in the group. Four of us had met in Algeria in 2001 and just wanted to look a little more at a region we love. This was my fourth trip http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Algeria/South/Tamanrasset/blog-242185.html Top of the morning to you Im enjoying having a blog again and feeling like I can have some sort of connection with people who matter in my life. Firstly emiliano sent me a really fantastic essay by Orhan Pamuk it was actually an acceptance speech for the nobel prize that Id like to sent on. the link is...httpnobelprize.orgnobelprizesliteraturelaureates2006pamuklectureen.htmlI add http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Algeria/South/Tamanrasset/blog-217670.html