Thursday, December 18, 2025

Trip to Algeria: Arriving in my hometown

Well if it is December then the travel bug is out and I am on the road again! This time I m going back to my birth place Bouira, Algeria!! My brother lives there and his son is getting married so time to party!!  Travel days are not happy days anymore, they used to be in the distant past!! The joy of traveling has vanished because of GREED!! Airlines are cutting routes, canceling flights and packing people into planes like sardines in a can !! Where are we going with all this greed?? What happened to the days when planes were half full and on time, when a passenger was treated with respect and served a full meal on long distance flights??? Those were the good day… now we are left wondering if we will arrive at our final destination or left stranded in an airport far from home with no food or sleep! 

This year, and thanks to my younger brother, I am staying in an Airbnb rental in my hometown with a rental car so totally new to for me in Algeria.. My first day was spent sleeping to recover.. but big plans ahead so stay tuned … 


                                             The building in a distance is where I stayed this trip

 
    Beautiful park across the way from where I stayed.
The trees used to be much bigger in those days. 
 
 
 Fruit stands were everywhere along the roads.
 
  
  
                                                          A city street at night in Bouira.