Deep-Sixed & Living in the Sky: Bon Weekend en Algérie

Yes! Surprising but true!
I spent a fairly enjoyable weekend in Algeria last Friday -Friday the 13th!

A couple of colleagues & I decided to take a late lunch at the nearby harbour - La Madrague.

There were several seafood restaurants along the harbour. But it wasn't too difficult for us to spot which restaurant was the best.

General Rule of Thumb
Crowded Restaurant = GOOD FOOD!

As mentioned, we were taking a late lunch. So some of us were getting very hungry by the time we started ordering. Not to mention that the service was extremely s.l.o.w. . .
p.s. Felix's miserable expression in the bottom right corner of the picture explains it all... ;p

We had mixed salad, fried sardines, grilled shrimps & chilli sauce garlic shrimps. The lunch itself was so-so. Seafood was fresh, but generally, the Algerians don't cook fishes well. They usually fry the fishes. But I prefer my fishes steamed.

Anyhooo~ . . . food wasn't the main attraction for us that afternoon. It was the people and surroundings that caught our interest.

We saw a man whom we thought was our MD look-alike. And we've always joked that our MD look like the semi-retired professional wrestler - Hulk Hogan.

*HO HO HO* Can you hear the crowd!!! *woot*

After lunch, we took a stroll along the harbour. The sun was sorching hot as summer is slowly approaching. I was told that it will get much hotter than it already is once we hit August.

I cannot imagine how it'll be like then. With the average temperature of 37-40 degrees and a roomful of Algerians who shower & change fresh clothings on an average of once every 3-4 days. *yikes*

The kid on the mini-racer bike was riding round the parking lot for the hell of it. And I just thought it was kinda cute so I took a snap. =))

Checked out a couple of dive clubs along the harbour. Thought I could probably go for a couple of dives in the mediterranean sea while I'm 'stuck' in Algeria.

Unlike in Asia, diving was for the rich & the high society here in Algeria. Most of the divers are white collar professionals. They own every piece of dive equipment on them all the way down to the oxygen tank and even the speed boat.