This year me and my girlfried tried to go overland from Ghardaia to El-Meniaa by public transport. On the road to El-Meniaa from Ghardaia there were some roadblocks. No problems there. From El-Meniaa it was not so easy to get to Timimoun. We were not lucky. The roadblock south of El-Meniaa wouldn't let us through. We needed an escort. We returned to Ghardaia because we didn't want to wait for days in El-Meniaa(and have to visit the local policestation a lot of times...).
We were warned for El-Meniaa by locals in Tam just before we left(by plane) to Ghardaia. They spoke about maffia and thieves. Timimoun and Beni-Abbes were OK they said.
In 1999 I visit Timimoun alone and things were OK. That's all I know.
These places are worth the visit if you have some time left to wait for the convoy.
Greetings,
Wilmar
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