Heading towards Dakar..Two Frenchmen cross the Algerian coast on a bicycle
justin and thomas, two french cyclists (photo)
The city of Oran was the last stop for an adventure, Justin and Thomas, two Frenchmen who crossed Algeria from east to west on a bicycle trip, starting from Paris and ending in the Senegalese capital, Dakar.
Justin and Thomas received a special generosity from the Algerians, who prevented them from sleeping in their wild tent.
When the two French adventurers arrived in Oran, they wrote on their Facebook page, “Our Days on Earth,” a post full of gratitude for the people they met on their journey: “Our crossing of Algeria by bike ends tonight in Oran, a month in this country and more than a thousand kilometers. And dozens of meetings, we got close to the Algerians like no other, every house we went to became a family for us.
And they added, "Our trip here will never be forgotten. We will return, that's for sure, because we know that we have discovered a gem that miraculously survived the wave of 'mass tourism', and because we promised the great desert that we will not wait any longer to go and discover it."
Justine Andres and Thomas Derek embarked on an adventure with the aim of reaching Dakar from Paris by bike, with the aim of discovering environmental solutions for the inhabitants of the desert. The adventure of these two French cyclists began 11 weeks ago, specifically in October 2022.
After visiting Italy and Tunisia, the two adventurers arrived by land in the state of El Tarf on their day, where they expressed their grief over the state of the forests affected by the fires last summer, and from there they set off towards the state of Annaba, where the couple decided to follow the road that crosses the coast of the Mediterranean Sea to explore the entire Algerian coast from east to west.
On their way to cross the Algerian coast, the two French adventurers knock on the doors of Algerian families' homes to eat lunch and spend time with them, which astonished Justin and Thomas, as they wrote several times on their accounts on social networking sites the phrases: "The Algerians who lavished us with boundless generosity."
The couple also spend the night inside their tent designed for that, and post on Facebook and Instagram all the details of their trip to Dakar. They tell about the person who brought them food in Azaba, and about Yanis and Fadil, members of an association that received them in Bejaia, and Amin, the young man who carried their luggage in tennis, and Rushdi, who He received them on his farm in Khemis Miliana, and about the family with whom they spent the Amazigh New Year.
Despite some difficulties that the couple faced during their journey in Algeria, especially with regard to the escort of the gendarmes and police, and in some cities preventing them from sleeping in their tent, Thomas stressed that the Algerians are "spiritually committed, but at the same time they are open to the world, to social networks, and to everything." What comes from outside, they are facing a real boom."
For her part, Justine considered that "what I noticed most about the Algerians is that they are very helpful, whenever you need something, you always find someone ready to help you and stand by you to provide assistance."
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