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Transsahara-Bericht durch Algerien - Niger - Mali Januar/Februar 2009

"we just arrived in mali after trip trough algeria and niger, the old hoggar route
it was a great trip

some info on the route

algeria travel with tanezrouft guide Fouad was very fine, algiers to inn guezzam without any problems, great trip
if arriving by ferry with a car, the customs in algiers are terribly slow, taking six hours to get through
northern algeria has quite a lot of uniformed people, but more south everything gets very friendly

between assamaka and arlit travel was possible, but according to locals its still not very safe
car dealers in agadez prefer to taker the much longer mauretania route to get their cars from europe, so its a little risky
we had a guide in assamaka, and got through safely with our old nissan vanette minibus fully loaded
some digging was needed, but we could get through

between arlit and agadez and agadez and tahoua there is still a convoy,
locals said the convoys will stop this month around 24 february, the route is safe again they said.
the convoy formed itself in themorning, but it turned out to be a race, and within an hour the whole convoy vanished, everyone driving as fast as possible, so i guess its safe enough to travel...

the air region is still very unsafe, according to some people its especially the iferouane region

for those who dare to take the risk, you will have the greatest journey through algeria and niger without any other tourists, although the assamaka -arlit track is not advised by anyone cause of insecurity...

guido"

aus http://www.horizonsunlimited.com

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