Alzirsko 2007
AG-07 - Zajezd do Alzirska se zastavkou ve Frankfurtu v Nemecku Termin cesty: 10.3. - 31.3. 2007 PROGRAM: Dopoledne 10.3. odjizdim z Visty v aute z pujcovny na letiste do Los Angeles. Tam nastupuji do letadla Lufthansy a letim do Frankfurtu v Nemecku, kde jsem dopoledne 11.3. Protoze mam mezi letadly 12 hod., navstevuji ve Frankfurtu Prirodovedecke museum a Botanickou zahradu. Pozde vecer pak odletam z Frankfurtu do mesta Alziru v Alzirsku. Pristavam zde velmi casne rano 12.3. Po kratkem spanku si s vojenskym doprovodem (na zadost US ambasady) prohlizime dopoledne ruiny rimskeho mesta Cherchell a odpoledne ruiny jineho rimskeho mesta Tipaza. Obe mista lezi jiz mimo mesto Alzir. Dalsi den stale pod vojenskym dozorem navstevujeme mesto Alzir. Odpoledne odletame z Alziru do mesta Bechar v zapadni casti zeme. Odtud jedeme autobusem s vojenskou eskortou 90 km na jih do oazy Taghit. Pristi den si prohlizime tuto oazu, ktera je jako vystrizena ze starych filmu o francouzske cizinecke legii. My ji vsak vidime v barvach. Obdivujeme skalni rytiny stare 5 az 30 tisic let, kdy zde nebyla poust a lvy, zirafy a buvolove zili na Sahare. Oaza je obklopena ohromnymi pisecnymi dunami. Dne 15.3. jedeme pousti na severovychod z Taghit-u pres Bechar do oazy Ain-Sefra a behem cesty uzasnou poustni krajinou vidime dalsi skalni rytiny. Den na to prijizdime do historickeho mesta Tlemcen s maurskymi stavbami, jehoz strategicky vyznam ocenili jiz Rimane. Dne 17.3. pokracujeme do druheho nejvetsiho mesta Alzirska, Oran-u, ktery lezi u Stredozemniho more. Je to dulezity obchodni a vojensky pristav. Po jeho prohlidce letime do mesta Annaba na vychodnim pobrezi Alzirska tez u Stredozemniho more. Pristi den si prohlizime mesto Annaba predevsim, co zde zanechali Rimane vcetne ruin rimskeho mesta Hippone a rimskeho divadla u Guelma. Obe jiz mimo Annaba. Stale mame vojensky doprovod. Dne 19.3. jedeme do mesta Constantine pojmenovaneho po rimskem cisari, ktery prijal krestanstvi ve 4. stoleti naseho letopoctu. Mesto sedi na vysoke skale. Odpoledne, nejakych 100 km na zapad od tohoto mesta, navstevujeme Djemia, kde vidime jednu z nejlepsich vykopavek riskeho mesta. Dalsi den jedeme na jih do Batna s vykopavkami rimskeho mesta Timgad. Toto rimske mesto je velmi zachovale s hlavnimi ulicemi Cardo a Documanus krizicimi se v jeho stredu. Na noc jsme v Biskra. Za nim vstupujeme opet do Sahary a spime v oaze Touggourt. Z teto oazy se zastavkou na obed v El-Oued-u prijizdime vecer do Ghardaia. Dne 23.3. prohlizime tohoto velmi zajimave saharske mesto. Odpoledne vsichni nasi turiste, mimo mne a Joanne, odjizdi na letiste, odkud leti domu. My dva zde zustavame s alzirskym pruvodcem, ktery nemluvi anglicky. Ani Joanne ani ja neumime francouzsky ci arabsky, abychom se s nim domluvili. Jelikoz ja jsem byl vice vystaven cizim jazykum, snazim se o dorozumeni. A je to uspesne. Jsem prekvapen, kolik francouzskych slov se mi dari najit v mem mozku. Zde jiz nemame vojensky doprovod. Rano 24.3. jdeme s nasim alzirskym pruvodcem pesky do jednoho z 5ti mest, ktere lezi kolem Ghardaia. Odpoledne navstevujeme dalsi taxikem. Dne 25.3. my dva letime z Ghardaia vrtulovym letadlem 4.5 hodiny primo na jih do 100 tisicoveho mesta Tamanrasset v pohori Hoggar se stity az 3000 m n.m. Zdejsi ubytovani je primitivni. Dalsi 3 dny podnikame cestu v terennim voze Toyota pohorim Hoggar. Pro tuto cestu nas doprovazi francouzsky pruvodce, ktery mluvi anglicky, ridic a kuchar. Posledni dva jsou Tuaregove. Hory pohori maji kouzelne tvary. Vidime hodne skalnich rytin. Pozdeji odpoledne 28.3. jsem upadl a zlomil si levou ruku u zapesti. Zakladni pomoci se mi dostalo v nemocnici v Tamanrasset, ale potrebnou operaci jsem nechal na navrat do Kalifornie. Nas odlet z Tamanrasset do mesta Alziru se zpozdil o jeden den, kdyz let naseho letadla byl zrusen. Konecne jsme odleteli 30.3. ve 3:30 hod. rano. V Alziru jsme pristali v 5:30 hod. Odtud Lufthansou do Frankfurtu. Protoze jsem vsak nestihl letadlo do Los Angeles, byl jsem dan na standby na 31.3. Na noc jsem si zaridil hotel ve Frankfurtu. Dalsi den jsem odletel z Frankfurtu v 11 hod. a po 11ti hodinovem letu jsem pristal v Los Angeles ve 13 hod. (31.3.). Autem z pujcovny jsem jel domu do Visty. Cestovni kancelar: Spiekermann Travel Service – s kancelari v Detroitu v USA Ucast: Na zacatku nas bylo 9 turistu a nekolik lidi z alzirske cestovni kancelare. Z Ghardaia jsme byli s Joannou jen dva a vzdy nekdo z alzirske cestovni kancelare.
Map of the trip Algeria 2007
Algeria - west of Algiers - Cherchel (Caesaria in Roman times) 2007
Algeria - west of Algiers - Cherchel (Caesaria in Roman times) 2007
Algeria - west of Algiers - Cherchel (Caesaria in Roman times) 2007
Algeria - west of Algiers - Cherchel (Caesaria in Roman times) 2007
Algeria - west of Algiers - Cherchel (Caesaria in Roman times) 2007
Algeria - west of Algiers - Cherchel (Caesaria in Roman times) 2007
Algeria - west of Algiers - Cherchel (Caesaria in Roman times) - museum 2007
Algeria - west of Algiers - Cherchel (Caesaria in Roman times) - museum 2007
Algeria - west of Algiers - Cherchel (Caesaria in Roman times) - museum 2007
Algeria - west of Algiers - Cherchel (Caesaria in Roman times) - museum 2007
Algeria - west of Algiers - Cherchel (Caesaria in Roman times) - Roman baths
Algeria - west of Algiers - Cherchel (Caesaria in Roman times) - Roman baths
Algeria - west of Algiers - Cherchel (Caesaria in Roman times) 2007
Algeria - west of Algiers - ancient Tipaza 2007
Algeria - west of Algiers - ancient Tipaza - Mediterranean Sea 2007
Algeria - west of Algiers - ancient Tipaza - Mediterranean Sea 2007
Algeria - Algiers - Hotel El Djazair 2007
Algeria - Algiers - Hotel El Djazair 2007
Algeria - Algiers - view from Hotel El Djazair - from my room window 2007
Algeria - Algiers - old town (casbah) - a wall of used to be prison 2007
Algeria - Algiers - old town (casbah) 2007
Algeria - Algiers - old town (casbah) 2007
Algeria - Algiers - old town (casbah) 2007
Algeria - Algiers - near the harbor 2007
Algeria - Algiers - near the harbor 2007
Algeria - Algiers - near the harbor - Turkish Palace 2007
Algeria - Algiers - near the harbor - Turkish Palace - ceiling 2007
Algeria - Algiers - downtown - post office 2007
Algeria - Taghit - from my room in Hotel Taghit 2007
Algeria - outside Taghit - rocks with rocks carvings 2007
Algeria - outside Taghit - Zawia village - souvenir shop 2007
Algeria - outside Taghit - Zawia village - souvenir shop 2007
Algeria - Taghit - old town ksour 2007
Algeria - Taghit - view from old town ksour 2007
Algeria - outside Taghit - Zairria (town) - cemetery 2007
Algeria - outside Taghit - Zairria (town) 2007
Algeria - outside Taghit - Zairria (town) - date palms 2007
Algeria - south of Ain-Sefra on N6 - our police escort 2007
Algeria - Ain-Sefra - our hotel El Mekhter - my room 2007
Algeria - outside Ain-Sefra - at Ain-Ourka 2007
Algeria - outside Ain-Sefra - at Ain-Ourka - our police escort and Linda 2007
Algeria - outside Ain-Sefra - place called Tiout 2007
Algeria - outside Ain-Sefra - place called Tiout - our Algerian guide Ahmed 2007
Algeria - outside Ain-Sefra - rock carvings 2007P117
Algeria - Ain-Sefra 2007
Algeria - Ain-Sefra - cemetery 2007
Algeria - between Ain-Sefra and Tlemcen - Bedouin tents 2007
Algeria - Tlemcen - old city walls 2007
Algeria - Tlemcen - our hotel Les Zianides 2007
Algeria - Tlemcen - Sidi Boumedienne - Turkish Baths 2007
Algeria - Tlemcen - Sidi Boumedienne 2007
Algeria - Tlemcen - view of the city from Djebel (mountain) Lalla Setti 2007
Algeria - Tlemcen - old city of Mansourah - mosque 2007
6Algeria - Tlemcen - near Mansourah a fortified palace 2007
Algeria - Tlemcen - Central Square 2007
Algeria - Tlemcen - at Central Square - mosque 2007
Algeria - Tlemcen - Mansourah a fortified palace - restaurant 2007
Algeria - Tlemcen - Mansourah a fortified palace - fortification 2007
Algeria - Tlemcen - Mansourah a fortified palace - mosque 2007
Algeria - Tlemcen - Mansourah a fortified palace - mosque - White Stork nest 2007
Algeria - on the road from Tlemcen to Oran - roundabout 2007
Algeria - Oran - Santa Cruz Fortress 2007
Algeria - Oran - Santa Cruz Church 2007
Algeria - Oran harbor where the British sank the French flotila in WWII 2007
Algeria - Oran 2007
Algeria - Oran - Eden Airport Hotel 2007
Algeria - Annaba - view from my room in Hotel Seybouse International 2007
Algeria - Annaba - Revolution Square 2007
Algeria - Annaba - Revolution Square 2007
Algeria - Hippone (ruins of Roman town) 2007
Algeria - Hippone (ruins of Roman town) 2007
Algeria - Constantine - our police escort 2007
Algeria - Constantine 2007
Algeria - Constantine 2007
Algeria - Constantine 2007
Algeria - Constantine - Grand Hotel Cirta 2007
Algeria - Constantine - a statue from the communist days of Algeria 2007
Algeria - Constantine - a statue from the communist days of Algeria 2007
Algeria - Constantine 2007
Algeria - Constantine 2007
Algeria - Constantine 2007
Algeria - Constantine - on Sidi Rashid Bridge 2007
Algeria - Djemila archeological site - entrance 2007
Algeria - Djemila archeological site 2007
Algeria - Djemila archeological site - theatre 2007
Algeria - Djemila archeological site - theatre 2007
Algeria - from El Eulma to Timgad - possibly tomb of Nubian king Medracen (200 BC) 2007
Algeria - from El Eulma to Timgad - town of Chemmora - Massif de lAures with snow 2007
Algeria - Roman ruins of Timgad 2007
Algeria - Roman ruins of Timgad - Arc de Triomphe 2007
Algeria - Roman ruins of Timgad - - Algeria - Roman ruins of Timgad 2007
Algeria - near Batna - Lamberses (the seat of Roman legion) 2007
Algeria - southeast of Batna - Massif de lAures 2007
Algeria - Massif de lAures 2007
Algeria - Massif de l' Aures - Balcon Groufi - abandoned village - date palms 2007
Algeria - Massif de l' Aures - Balcon Groufi - abandoned village - date palms 2007
Algeria - Biskra 2007
Algeria - from Biskra to El-Oued - camels 2007
Algeria - El-Oued - downtown 2007
Algeria - El-Oued - downtown 2007
Algeria - El-Oued - downtown - view from a minaret 2007
Algeria - from El-Oued to Touggourt - desert roses 2007
Algeria - from El-Oued to Touggourt 2007
Algeria - from El-Oued to Touggourt 2007
Algeria - from Touggourt to Ourgla - Temacine (town) - mosque 2007
Algeria - from Touggourt to Ourgla - Temacine (town) - mosque - mihrab 2007
Algeria - from Touggourt to Ourgla - Temacine (town) 2007
Algeria - Ourgla - new apartment houses 2007
Algeria - MZab Valley - with Pentapolis (5 towns) - Malika (one of the towns) 2007
Algeria - MZab Valley - Ghardaia (the major Pentapolis town) 2007
Algeria - MZab Valley - Ghardaia - the town square with the market
Algeria - MZab Valley - Ghardaia - town square with market 2007
Algeria - MZab Valley - at Beni-Isguen - local women dressed in white 2007
Algeria - MZab Valley - Ghardaia - town square with market 2007
Algeria - MZab Valley - Ghardaia - kasbah (old town) 2007
lgeria - MZab Valley - Ghardaia - kasbah (old town) - well 2007
Algeria - MZab Valley - Ghardaia - kasbah (old town) 2007
Algeria - MZab Valley - Ghardaia - town square with market 2007
Algeria - MZab Valley - Traditional Villa at a palm grove - musicians 2007
Algeria - MZab Valley - Melika cemetery 2007
Algeria - Tamanrasset - camp 2007
Algeria - Tamanrasset - camp - my room 2007
Algeria - Tamanrasset 2007
Algeria - Tamanrasset 2007
Algeria - Hoggar Mountains - Laperinne Peak 2007
Algeria - Hoggar Mountains - our Zaui and driver Salah 2007
Algeria - Hoggar Mountains - camels 2007
Algeria - Hoggar Mountains - caravan 2007
Algeria - Hoggar Mountains 2007
Algeria - Hoggar Mountains - lizard 2007
Algeria - Hoggar Mountains - our lunch area - Val and our guide Nico
Algeria - Hoggar Mountains - Eskar Mountain (on the left) 2007
Algeria - Hoggar Mountains 2007
Algeria - Hoggar Mountains - our 4WD - driver Salah, Val, Nicolas 2007
Algeria - Hoggar Mountains - Assekrem - the accomodation called Refuge 2007
Algeria - Hoggar Mountains - Assekrem - above Refuge - the politicians house - Nicolas and Joanne 2007
Algeria - Hoggar Mountains - Assekrem - above Refuge - at the monastery - a bird 2007
Algeria - Hoggar Mountains - small caravan 2007
Algeria - Hoggar Mountains - nursery - our cook Zaui 2007
Algeria - Hoggar Mountains - nursery - tomatos 2007
Algeria - Hoggar Mountains - a village - zariba house (made of zariba grasses) 2007
Algeria - Hoggar Mountains - a village - zariba house (made of zariba grasses) 2007
Algeria - Hoggar Mountains - a village - Algerian government builds houses for the villagers 2007
Algeria - Hoggar Mountains - a village - zariba house (made of zariba grasses) - our driver Salah with water bag 2007
Algeria - Hoggar Mountains - a village - zariba house (made of zariba grasses) - kitchen 2007
Algeria - Hoggar Mountains - a village - zariba house (made of zariba grasses) - local girl 2007
Algeria - Hoggar Mountains - a village - zariba house (made of zariba grasses) - local woman with a child 2007
Algeria - Hoggar Mountains - a village - a toy 2007
Algeria - Hoggar Mountains - a village - our lunch 2007
Algeria - Hoggar Mountains - rock carvings 2007
Algeria - Hoggar Mountains - our guide Nicholas, Val, cook Zaui, driver of French couple and our driver Salah 2007
Algeria - Hoggar Mountains - Blue man of the desert (Tuareg) 2007
Algeria - Hoggar Mountains - Blue man of the desert (Tuareg) under Laperinne Mountain 2007
Algeria - Hoggar Mountains - Tamanrasset - new mosque is being built 2007
Algeria - Hoggar Mountains - Tamanrasset 2007
Algeria - Hoggar Mountains - Tamanrasset 2007
Algeria - Hoggar Mountains - Tamanrasset - camel market 2007
Algeria - Hoggar Mountains - Tamanrasset - African Market 2007
Algeria - Hoggar Mountains - Tamanrasset - African Market 2007
Algeria - Hoggar Mountains - Tagmart Valley - keepers house - and praying area 2007
Algeria - Hoggar Mountains - Tagmart Valley - keepers house 2007
Algeria - Hoggar Mountains - Tagmart Valley 2007
Algeria - Hoggar Mountains - Tagmart Valley - acacia 2007
Algeria - Hoggar Mountains - rock carvings 2007
Algeria - Hoggar Mountains - our lunch area under tamarisk trees - our cook Zaui and our guide Nicolas 2007
Algeria - Hoggar Mountains - old tamarisk tree 2007
Algeria - Hoggar Mountains - Tamanrasset 2007
Algeria - Hoggar Mountains - old Tamanrasset - store 2007
Algeria - Hoggar Mountains - old Tamanrasset - in a store 2007
Algeria - Hoggar Mountains - old Tamanrasset 2007
Algeria - Hoggar Mountains - Tamanrasset - broken arm - Val 2007
Algeria - Hoggar Mountains - Tamanrasset - Hotel Tahat 2007