Algeria 🇩🇿 Trip

[Gon Castro]

Hi, just arrived from a wonderful trip in Algeria

Algeria is not a usually destination because the visa is difficult, but I was lucky.

Me and my wife rode 3.500 kilometers (2.200 miles), she ride a BMW and I ride a Tenere (of course ).

Algeria is the biggest country in Africa, and have many places to visit.

Best was the people, very, very friendly, they dont see tourist, and the get surprised with us, everybody wanted take pictures with us.

Police was not a problem, the stop you many times, but no problem, they was kind with us.

Well, I took many pictures, and I will post some.

All the pictures are in my Facebook album with better quality here: 

 

Facebook

 

 

Map of the ride

 

Ferry was crazy, many people.

 

Police car.

 

Kids 

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[Gon Castro]

Girls taking pictures with the Tenere

 

Part of the ride in the coast.

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[Gon Castro]

Sign on our way to Alger

 

This guys was great, very friendly, they bought us some sodas.

 

View from the room of our hotel.

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[Gon Castro]

Royal Mausoleum of Mauretania in Algeria, The sepulchre is sometimes known as the Mausoleum of Juba II and Cleopatra Selene

 

Algerians taking some pictures with us.

 

 

Will be more pictures... there is amazing places...

Edited January 13, 2023 by Gon Castro

[Zero600]

Wow. What an experience!

[Rider 101]

Would like to hear some gritty details; road conditions, language barriers, accommodation, etc etc

[Hibobb]

@Gon Castro, Super cool! Great pictures!!

You are living the dream that very few people are will to explore.

Well Done!!

[Gon Castro]

8 hours ago, Rider 101 said:

Would like to hear some gritty details; road conditions, language barriers, accommodation, etc etc

 

Hi, idiom in Algeria is French or Arab, nobody speak English, but in the end, you manage to understand yourself with people. Road conditions are mostly ok, some parts of the route have a very bad quality asphalt like this:

 

 

If you want see some interesting places like El Gour in Brezina, you have to ride off road with some sand.

 

Some small towns have no asphalt, but is easy.

 

No special requirements for driving in small towns.

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[Gon Castro]

Algiers is the capital city, many people for me, but interesting place.

 

Date shop in Algiers

 

Street vending in Algiers.

 

Mosque and sunset in the capital of Algeria.

 

Crazy truck transporting furniture.

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[Gon Castro]

Constantina is another interesting place to visit, there is a lot of bridges and the Great Mosque of Constantine.

 

Great Mosque of Constantine.

 

Big cliffs in the middle of the city.

 

Great Mosque of Constantine.

 

Image over a bridge of a big cliff in the city of Constantine.

 

In some hotel you have the book of the Koran in the room.

 

Sunset at Constantine.

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[Gon Castro]

Some road images, everybody want take a picture with you or the bike.

 

Kids like the Tenere.

 

People come to you to welcome you everywhere.

 

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[Gon Castro]

And of course, riding to the Sahara there is camels

 

 

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[Gon Castro]

Along the ride there are thousands of beautiful places to take photos.

 

 

One of the police controls, no problem, they are very kind, and welcome you to his country, but they require the visa and documents.

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[Gon Castro]

A special place to visit is El Gour, in Brezina. It reminded me to Monument Vally, but without tourists, an amazing place. You have to ride with some sand, but it's worth it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Gon Castro]

Pictures of people of Algeria

 

 

 

 

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[Gon Castro]

Ghoufi Canyon, here the homes are carved out of rocks.

 

 

 

 

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[Gon Castro]

Sahara desert is amazing, and too big, we had no time to explore the south, but we want to be back to visit Tassili n'Ajjer, a special and big national park, but is a more that 5.000 kilometers ride.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 14, 2023 by Gon Castro

[Gon Castro]

Gasoline is not a problem, Algeria is a big oil producer, and is cheap liter cost arround 30 cents of US dollar, is 1,1 US dollar per gallon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Rider 101]

Makes me want to load the T7 and go.

 

[Gon Castro]

More road images.

 

Stop to take a hot coffee, desert is too cold at the mornings.

 

Cosmetic shop.

 

Not for vegan people.

 

Another police control.

 

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[Gon Castro]

People of Algeria.

 

 

Bikers of Algeria have this kind of bikes

 

 

 

 

 

 

In this town, woman only show one eye, rest of the body is covered.

 

 

 

I asked him what this artifact made with a piston and a connecting rod was for. She told me it was to exercise with her arms.

 

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[Gon Castro]

Old palace in Ghardaia.

 

One of the hotels of the trip.

 

Old big trucks.

 

 

Typical small town.

 

El Mexouar palace.

 

Great Mosque of Tlemecen

 

Maya go!!... I dont know what that means...

 

 

Old Michelin sign.

 

Looks like Mc Donalds, but is not.

 

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[Gon Castro]

 

 

 

Bikes inside the hotel.

 

Breakfast in the hotel.

 

Shotguns on a roundabout in a town.

 

People sleeping in the streets.

 

Palm trees in an oasis in the desert.

 

More police controls.

 

Edited January 15, 2023 by Gon Castro

[thepointchris]

@Gon Castro thanks for posting Gon. the Tenere looks right at home! 

[Redneckj]

@Gon Castro

 

I would like to thank you for posting all of your pictures.  It is great to see motorcyclist from all over the world posting pictures and descriptions of their adventures.  We are all on this forum from having a common interest.  It is outstanding to see your trip and how you interacted with the people from Algeria.  
 

Thank you!!