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Algeria February 2011 trip report
Right here.

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"In In Amguel the driver was instructed to stay on the TSH all the way to In Salah (via Arak) but he had his own ideas about that and after a fill up and a staggered dash up the highway, he found a gap in the water pipeline (which limits entry points to the land to the west) and we headed back into Ahnet for another great week or so, avoiding Arak."

Hi Chris,

(Thanks for this report)

I had the same experience in 2009 with our guide in Ahnet (from Tanezrouft V.).
For us it was Akly, a very kind man (and also very poor).

It was the same for you?

BTW, have you met Fouad (the agence's secretary) this year?
I had sent a mail to him but with no reply so may he doesn't work for them anymore.

About the mouflon, have you seen it like we can see on this picture or th picture was shot with a very big tele?

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Hi Roro

Not Akle (who we had on a crater trek one time) but I think a relative of his who was a fun guy of 69 years.

Yes, Fouad is around and still with TNZ, but often on the road with no email. I think at a Timimoun festival now.

Not a big tele which would shake too much, just a normal point-and-shoot but the image was cropped. I would say they were less than 100m away. I got lucky as 2 ran along the cliff not up and away.
I put another picture in the report (link below).

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Thanks for a good travel report. It all seems very doable with the right guide.
Of course the situation may change quickly in Algeria now.
Where are the pics? Can't find that moufelon.
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Mouf is here: http://www.sahara-overland.com/Sfile...011/mouflo.jpg

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Thanks Chris for pictures (and infos as well).
I think yo were very lucky to see them like that!
There are not very easy to find and very scared about humans (with good reasons, I think).

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Epic scenery. Wish I was there. Unfortunately me and group are waiting for visas since 27 Dec 2010...

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Hi Chris

Thanks for posting yr video which I enjoyed very much.

In it I spied you doing your Chef bit in front of a stove surrounded by a very nice sheet steel windbreak which really attracted my attention(yes,call me a nurd but here in the Middle East wind is a big problem),

Did you have it made or,did you buy it.If the latter where from?

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Hi Tony, if you mean the big windshield seen @2.50, that was hieronymus's cooking set up. He posted earlier in this thread so PM him (or he may well chip in).

I'm told the story is in the current issue of 4x4 mag.
In fact I see that Jeroen's 80 is on the cover! Never had a cover shot before.

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In it I spied you doing your Chef bit
Think that was The Man himself, Hieronymus, cooking up some breakfast. Chris's main contribution to the cooking was turning manky 7 day old bread & Hilux scrambled eggs into delicious Eggy Bread!
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I've shot many covers in my life, but never starred on it before! Nor have I ever been called an intrepid Scott before.......

@Tony, the shelter was made from thin metal sheet (zinc) with piano hinges all around so it is foldable 3-ways...the sides go inwards and then back and bottom fold 'double'. It is designed for my tailgate but it can be used anywhere to stay out of the wind or to make the cooking more relaxed :-)



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Jeroen, Fame at last (for the Scots, Kenyan, English and Dutch that made the trip!) Would you like me to send you a copy?
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