Colin Alexander’s travelogue

Place 1er novembre, Blida, Algeria

Place 1er novembre, Blida, Algeria

The former colonial French bandstand, draped in the Algerian flag, still occupies pride of place on Blida's largest square, overlooked by elegant colonnaded shops and apartments, and the al-Kawthar mosque

Algerian story

Story written 12 November 2007

Just a few years before Algeria's "second civil war" broke out in 1991, I had the chance to live, work and travel in Algiers, Médéa and the Sahara desert.

Oasis dweller

Oasis dweller

Algerian boy in the Adrar oasis

"Café Mauresque", Médéa

"Café Mauresque", Médéa

Mabrouk

Mabrouk

Our host in Adrar. Monday to Friday he went to work in a suit.

Take me to the river

Take me to the river

Algerian cheikh, near Djelfa

Médéa

Médéa

Street scene in the "old town" of Médéa, Algeria

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Colin Alexander Smith

Colin Alexander Smith has been a member since 10 November 2007 and goes by filtran.

Currently in France.

Translator, writer and photographer now living in Bordeaux, France. I have escaped from the UK and feel considerably better for it.