hello, I'm Igor, dutch, and of course have heard and read all about this terrible disappearings, ie kidnappings. The only positive news I guess is that there would be these negotiations, and it looks that the tourists are still alive.
I hardly dare to say it, but I'm in Tunis with my landcruiser HJ61, and planned to go thru algeria down to niger, than heading for the eastcoast, so chad, sudan and ethiopia.
AS i heard about algeria i tried to change plans, and I'm trying to get a visa for libya now. being on my own and not having a required invitation from a libyian travel agency (if someone knows how to get one...)
I find myserlf in a difficult dilemma-wait forever for a libyian visa, or go thru algeria...I have a visa, which expires soon so I have to decide quickly. I thought, if I would only go at the main route, like this:
tunis-nefta- el-oued - ghardaia- el golea-in salah- arak-tamanrasset-(niger) arlit-agadez....I would only drive at daylight ofcourse and stop at every big town (about each 500/600 km), shouldn't it be ok then?
I esp. ask it to you chris, as experienced traveller..
it's not that i like risks, but i saved long for this, gave up my job, and apt. to do all this. at the end of june afriend is flying over to ethiopia, so if i reach that..
please some reactions to this..
thank you,
Igor Dudevszky