Gypsy Biker

Getting out of Algeria was a bit stressful… Firstly, my taxi driver friend did not show up at the hotel as instructed… I have the Oran Mafia out looking for him as I write this… Apparently the Algerians have not taken too kindly to him blotting their good record… That’ll teach him…!! The hotel manager [...]

My taxi driver was on time this morning, and we got to the offices of Acciona in a quarter of the time it took us to find the place yesterday… Within minutes, I was being assisted by the staff there and had my tickets had been printed… I had been told that I would have [...]

Today was going to be our last long ride on the African Continent for some time… According to the “Plan”, it would be towards the end of 2012 before we set foot and tyre back on African soil again, after we boarded the ferry from Oran to Almeria in Spain… I wanted to get to [...]

The hotel manager had advised me to stay clear of Algiers, and rather head for Tipaza, about 100 km west of the capital… “Zere are too many peoples and cars in Algiers and you will take time to find anything…!” he said… That was more than enough advice for me, as I have spent many [...]

From the little town of Tabarka, a narrow road winds steeply up the mountainside and takes you through forests of scrubby pine and other “Fynbos” like patches of low bush before entering the parking lot of a surprisingly large border post, considering that it is in the “sticks”… Getting out of Tunisia took about half [...]