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  • Day 40

    Happy days are over???

    March 4, 2020 in Algeria ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C

    Today, they were already waiting for us.
    The police.
    As promised, we get an escorte. And sometimes it was quite funny.
    We do not dare to post footage here, as we might get in trouble. But you can imagine, if you are escorted as the president, it gets funny in different situations.
    But...to be honest, it's no fun at all. You are not free to do what you like. Every say, 20km, there is another police car to escort you, so it's a kind of estafette. For more than 200km...
    And doing so, it's time consuming. Sometimes you have to follow to the "comisariat" other time you have to wait for the next team.
    Also, every team wants to know were you from and what you do as profession, and see your passport.
    I got angry a few times, as some confiscated our passports, but got them back as soon as I said that we are not criminals but tourist..
    ..
    We could not get rid of them, as they insist.
    It's "obligatoire".. "pour votre securité" .. or even.. "sector teroriste"..
    ..
    Our host says that we will not get rid of them untill we leave the country, and we were lucky that we had travelled so long undetected.
    Luckily we are on the end of our Algerian days, because otherwise it would be hard.
    It's no fun discovering a country with the police on your tail.
    We have only 4 or 5 days left. So we will see..
    ..
    Oh.. We arrived in Guelma.
    Tomorrow we go to see again a lot of beauty.
    Be prepared.. ;)
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