Category: Northern Africa

pyramid giza, egypt

pyramid giza, egypt

Northern Africa includes 6 countries: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, and Sudan. It covers approximately 10 million km² and has a population of around 260 million people. Most of the region is dominated by the Sahara Desert, with the majority of inhabitants living along the Mediterranean coast and the Nile Valley. Cairo is the largest city, with over 20 million inhabitants in its metropolitan area. The region is known for its ancient civilizations, especially Egypt, impressive desert landscapes, Mediterranean coastlines, and historic cities such as Cairo, Marrakech, Tunis, and Alexandria. Main attractions include the Pyramids of Giza, Valley of the Kings, Sahara Desert, Atlas Mountains, and Red Sea resorts.

Al-Zaytuna mosque, Tunis, Tunisia

Tunis

I woke up late and watched a movie. I got breakfast for 30 TND=9 €, quite good. From the hotel, I walked to the city center. The main things there can be seen from...

airport Djerba, Tunisia

From Djerba to Tunis

I woke up and went for breakfast, a really good choice there. Now I went to the beach and tried the water, it was very cold. I got into the pool inside to warm...

Botanical garden, Algiers, Algeria

Algiers to Tunis

This morning I was in no hurry to get up. After bathroom and packing it was time to check out. Again went to the shop for breakfast, bananas, and water, 350 DTD=2.4 €. I...

Roman ruins in Tipasa, Algeria

Trip to Tipaza

It was a slow morning. I went to a shop and bought for breakfast biscuits and water, for 150 DZD=1 €. Now I went to Tafourah bus station. I spend some time searching for...

algiers

Tunis to Algeris

The first night I didn’t sleep well, the mattress was not the greatest for my back and because of my snoring roommate woke me up once to turn around, I was up at 6...

Carthage, Tunisia

Ljubljana over Frankfurt to Tunis

I woke at 4:30, went to the bathroom, ate ham and eggs for breakfast, and smoked a cigarette. My Sister and niece took me to Brnik airport, 20 minutes away. Then followed the fastest...

nile, egypt

Egypt 2007

Strange situation, I quit my old job and went on 4 weeks holiday to Mexico, to use my vacation that I had from the previous year. But on the day I returned back from...