Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Ahlan ya Jazair

Assalamualaikum.....

where should i start?..hmmm its been 5 days we are here..arrived 14 jun ..depart from Muscat, flight Qatar Airways 11.35pm, 1 hr flight...and transit Doha the next flight 2.30am 14 jun and arrived Hourarie Boumadine Airport 6.40am local time and by 7.30 we are already reunited with Mamani and Babasidu.

so many subject to be tackled here...dalam kepala nak tulis pasal the Family, the food the city, the weather, the language, and last but not least the memories..., so...start first with the flight...the boys have been very excited on the thought of going to Algeria....and of course on board a plane...its not their first time but i guess they just do not have any memory of events < age of 5. InshaAlah abang will remember better his experience and also the most important thing is his acquaintance with the family here.

as i was writing now...terdengar angin menderu deru....although its suppose to be summer but it feel like autumm..hehe..in term of temp... (max 37 deg and max 20deg, most of the time 20's...heater still on and of course double clothes needed, so the clothes that were packed not really suitable (esp baju tido)...but inshaAllah we will make do...and worst case scenario beli je baju sejuk..heheh...although its summer. The abang has been very interested with the weather infos from the TV...and he said the tv said it gonna rain tonight..so he has been waiting for the rain drop and thunder (al maklumlah Muscat only rains properly once or twice in a year)..inshaAllah it will rain tonite who knows although its foggy outside and as i say..the wind is just menderu deru..and just very very foggy, not forgetting we are basically in the highest area of Algiers..so thats why the cold mountainous weather.

yesterday we went to jardain elesses....if i spell it right....its an old botanical garden open in 1920's but then was closed for almost 10 years during the terrorist era.recently open with extra attraction of a mini zoo for the people of Algiers.Overall i was impressed with the gigantic and old  trees they have here..almost like the tropical rainforest jungle...except that the canopy and the strata of the vegetation is  is less dense for sure.

the park is not really tend to look like any european  park with beautiful flowers.. its just trees..but the walk under the canopy is really invigorating...its tiring of course as its been a while i didnt walk for about 5-10km perhaps...including the up and down stairs to the metro and in the park itself.The boys of course is just flat out by the end of the day..adik fell asleep in the car (around 5pm) and woke up the next morning.

Anway..the camera and the computer seems to be having communication problem..untill  the problem can be resolved, only then i can upload some photos. ciao and salam