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October 13. 2023 I left San Diego to Montreal and then Montreal to Algiers that began an adventure that first started in 2019 when the reservation was booked and paid for.. in 2020. Two weeks prior to departing Covid worldwide shut everything down in March 2020. This trip would be moved 5 times and two companies. Fianlly after spending 24 hours in Montreal on a cancelled Air Canada flight I arrived a day late to start the adventure in Algiers, Algeria.

Algeria, is a country in North Africa. Algeria is bordered to the northeast by Tunisia; to the east by Libya; to the southeast by Niger; to the southwest by Mali, Mauritania, and Western Sahara; to the west by Morocco; and to the north by the Mediterranean Sea.

Algiers is the capital and largest city of Algeria. The city's population in 2020 was estimated to be around 4,500,000. Algiers is in the north-central part of Algeria. Arab and French are the main languages spoken. Here we have 3 men having a conversation on a bench.

Here we find a pop up fruit and vegetable stand in a local neighborhood just off a main road.

Mercy Mosque a former Christian church

Sightseeing areas in the city available to see via the Metro,

Entrance to the Algiers Metro

Our Algerian guide Houssem Degdeg. Very knowledgeable and proud of his country.

One of the narrowest buildings on end that I have seen outside of New York City.

The Algiers Central Post Office, is an office building for postal services located on Boulevard Mohamed-Khemisti, Alger Center municipality in Algiers, Algeria. It was designed and was constructed in 1910. It is Algeria's largest post office building, In 2015, the state turned it into a museum

An apartment building in the center part of Algiers.

Local art at an intersection near the harbor area.

The Electric train running through part of the city.

Football, Soccer, is big in Algeria.

The Algiers Metro is a rapid transit system that serves Algiers, the capital of Algeria. Originally designed in the 1970s, it opened in 2011 after decades of delays due to financial challenges.

Inside the underground subway

A young couple seated across from me

We took a tram to the top of one of the hills to see over the city and bay.

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