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8. Algeria 1 - Escorts to the Desert
Our first glimpse of Algeria, anchored outside the port of Oran
Rapid, (un)synchronised reversing off our ferry, Oran port
Shiny new tram (and Oran's opera house in the background), Place du 1er November, Oran
The Royal Oran Hotel - as luxurious as it looks, and our most comfortable accommodation in Algeria by far
View from our hotel room - fading French grandeur
Still the primary form of public transport in Oran
Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Oran, still open and serving Oran's tiny Catholic population
Oran's food market: non-escaping foodstuffs
Oran's food market: escaping foodstuffs
Oran's food market: slightly less escaping foodstuffs
Ode to Algeria's old cars (1): marque unidentifiable
Glimpses of what makes Oran architecturally appealing
Very crumbling French grandeur
Inside the Bey's Palace, Oran
Ottoman architecture, the Bey's Palace, Oran
View from the Bey's Palace, Oran
Playing dominoes in the shade of a pine tree, Oran
Oran, from the Fort of Santa Cruz, Mont Murdjajo
Enjoying the view
En-route to Algiers on the Est-Ouest motorway, following our (very rapid) first gendarme escort of the day...
...with our rear escort in close pursuit...
...and our second escort, driving at a slightly more sedate pace
Algeria's vehicles have to be really very dead before they're scrapped
Our 13th and final escort of the day, clearing a route through the outskirts of Algiers...
...and enjoying feeling so important
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