Planning Uber-Crazy Road Trip - Anybody Been To Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia?
 

yo guys, me and my buddies are planning a super crazy road-trip right now and i thought id ask on gfy if anybody has ever been to those countries for some advice.

especially interesting for us are, morocco (casablanca, agadir, marrakech, fes), algeria and tunisia.
has anybody ever been to those countries? will regular european cellphones work there? what else is to take care of when going there?

here is a pic of the planned route we will be going in a few months
http://matheclub.ath.cx/route.jpg

morocco and tunisia is a great place to be

but dont ever go to algeria :) never

dua amoi des getriebe aussa !!!!!

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ehm... its part of our route :)
why not?

I've never been to Morocco but wow, that sounds cool...

I've never been to any of those three places, but I have a friend from Morocco who invited me to come for a visit. It looks pretty cool, so be sure to let us know how it went. :thumbsup

He's never gonna make it to Algeria. He will be killed by Italia traffic before he reaches Palermo.

LOL i think italy traffic can be considered very civilised and harmless compared to traffic in morocco or algeria.
and the trip will be done counterclockwise, so we will first reach algeria and then sicilia :thumbsup

If you're not a local, plan on being ripped of.

crazy road trip, have fun man. shit, how long will it take to do? thats a lot of driving...

thanks :thumbsup
we are planning about 14 days and its gonna be about 8000-10000km.
cant wait to go there!

friend of mine had lived in Tunisia, he loves the place, I don't think you're going to have any problems there

make sure u have some serious amount of spare flashcards for your digicam ;D.... heh heh heh... have fun there :pimp

damn, that's pretty sick..looks like it's gonna be a hell of a time:thumbsup..any idea on how long it's going to take?

i am pretty sure its gonna be!
we have no set timeschedule but we are thinking of about 14 days...

Sounds like quite a trip!

Read "The Sheltering Sky" by Paul Bowles...it's set in North Africa.

An excerpt:

Have a great trip, take lots of pics, and post updates here of your adventures...

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thanks, i will post pictures after it for sure. however the trip is probably not going to take place before july.
anyways, great excerpt you posted there :thumbsup
some things you only experience once in your lifetime and i have a strong feeling this is gonna be such an event.

holy crap! is there a time frame that you have for that trip?

Not really... but as said twice in the thread already we are thinking of about 14 days more or less ;)

Algeria is considered to be extremely dangerous. I remember Michael Palin went through on Pole to Pole I think it was. He had an armed escort.

Just checked it was on Sahara, not Pole to Pole.

You can always join the Légion étrangère (French Foreign Legion) if you run into trouble and get stranded... :winkwink:

BTW, Morrocan food is scrumptious.

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Morocco is a great place, be careful going through the rif valley though, the government has destroyed all the dope, so people are really pissed and it's going to go off there soon. And try to avoid Algeria, there's alot of shit going on in that country, alot of extremist killings & bombings.


You're driving through my town, Alicante.

ive heard that by numerous people already, cant wait to try it out :thumbsup :upsidedow

yeah, we are currently rethinking of how to get around Algeria as we would also need a visa and i am not sure if it is so easy to get one.

maybe we should meet for a beer in alicante :thumbsup

For the following various reasons we have decided to change the route!

- Lots of paperwork to get a visa for Algeria
- Algeria and Tunisia dont really have much to offer
- Expensive ferry from Tunis to Sicilia
- We have already been to Italy many times

The new route can be found here:

http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/1...ute2fd9.th.jpg


We are going to start in about 5 Weeks :pimp

Indeed, Morrocan people drive is so bad its fucking unbelievable..

The new plan sounds MUCH MUCH better, wicked trip you are planning!

Goodluck mate! :)

Edit: What car will you guys be using and how long will this ubber-trip be?

thanks man, should be definitely huge fun :)

we are planning about 2-3 weeks and havent decided about a car yet, however we are thinking of some cheap and reliable ford focus diesel.