Abdullah has to surround himself and the two burner stove with mattresses to keep out the wind
Locals are extremely deferential towards this guy who wad making a home in the 'new' land cruiser.
Only 60km to Assakrem, how hard could that be? Hard! Eventually stop for lunch in this mainly lunar landscape but we actually find running water although this becomes a study in algae.
After lunch we soon get far ahead of the '82 and hold up some 400m short of the Assakrem dormitories - like I said, lunar.
Keeping in mind that two (2) guide books rate this as the number 1 tourist experience in Algeria are waiting to be awed.
Meanwhile it turns out we have a dorm tonight.
At 4:30pm we start the hike up to the hermitage and prepare to watch the sunset. Nice but we probably aren't doing the hike again for sunrise. The view down to the dorms.
At the summit
Inside the hermitage
And the view
- from my iPad
Location:Assakrem
