Algerian cities, or what to do in the wilderness - Part 2

SUGAR: the most beautiful and most severe (end, part 2) Further to the south is the town of El-Gol, which is called "the pearl of the desert" or "a delightful oasis" because of its lush vegetation and abundance of water. The main landmark is the old Ksar (castle), the ruins are well preserved to this day. Going further south, we reach the Ahaggar Plateau. These majestic rock formations stretching to the south up to the Libya and surrounded by the sands. Ahaggar is a plateau of volcanic rock. Cliffs of pink, blue and black basalt and the wind take the most bizarre forms. Here on the mountain top Assekryu, at an altitude of 2800 meters, is located refuge Charles Foucault (monk-hermit, a researcher in Africa, ca. Perevi.). Mount Tahat, which refers to the mountain range Atacora, visible from a distance. At the height it reaches 3000 meters. Bizarre rocks Ahaggar Plateau picturesque town of Tamanrasset in the heart of Ahaggar Plateau. This is a very lively town, which became an important transshipment point for trade caravans from West Africa. Tamanrasset - quite a large settlement, it is enough hotels and restaurants, and tourists often stop here to make several trips to the Ahaggar to mount Assekryu and hermitages Foucault, as well as trips by camel into the desert to the south and west of the city . Tamanrasset in addition is a popular winter resort and a center of oil production and refining. Here from time to time come Tuareg caravans, dressed in blue clothes. These nomadic tribes of ancient times inhabited the region. Tuaregs have the ability to navigate in the wilderness in special location, which is transmitted by them from father to son, from generation to generation. These nomads are enough tall people, they have light skin, and the lower part of the face is usually hidden under a blue cloth. Ksar in El Gol tiny oasis of Janet, another source of water for trade caravans, and various expeditions, is on the Tassili plateau-Addzher, it is a "plateau canyons. This is a huge volcanic plateau, which is crossed by canyons, which paved the river itself, have long dried up and gone underground. Tassili plateau keeps a huge number of rock paintings, which belong to the Neolithic. Drawings, which depict scenes of everyday life, hunting scenes and herds of animals, are particularly beautiful and show what a life lived here for people several thousand years ago. Images are scattered in more than 130 thousand square meters. km. and represent a huge open-air museum, which miraculously survived to the present with the high purity of the local air. Tourists can take a trip on the plateau to the Tassili rock paintings, as well as a long trip on the machines in that part of Africa, which bears the name of Tenere. Excursions and trips can last from one day to two weeks. They organize private agencies run by the Tuareg, and most of them provide high quality services. Tourist arrivals are met at the airport (or Janet Tamanrasset). Agency provide them with transportation (usually SUVs), mattresses and meals. Travelers are required to come here with their own sleeping bags. Start material: See also: Deserts-What 's warmer champions Sunday and a shower of sand pail Two thousand miles of emptiness test Kazakh reality cuho Here, as in space places of extreme temperatures