12 April 2026
We arrive at the Houari Boumediene International Airport and use a concrete walkway to our hotel.
We stay at the Hyatt Regency Algiers Airport so no great hardship. Large, modern and luxurious, we eschew the beautiful indoor pool and fitness room. Instead, many of our group meet in the lounge for big cold beers!
10 April 2026
It’s a cool, pleasant but hazy day. I grab a cup of Nescafé, sit on the terrace overlooking date palms and dunes listening to doves cooing in the trees. Cooing good morning or good riddance?
The good news – we fly to our next destination: Oran. This eliminates a 600-mile drive and replaces it with a fast 5 miles to the Timimoun Airport. I feel relief. Possibly, I have been driven through enough Saharan landscape during the last couple years.
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