Got our Algerian visas
Hi All,
Just in case this is some help to you we have gotten our Algerian visas but we will only be travelling in the centre and North of Algeria.
We applied on the 12th September in Switzerland (now we are actually on the road) and we both received our tourist visas by the 29th Sept, just 2 days before leaving on our trip.
So Algeria HERE WE COME!!! 
We applied as Swiss and Norwegian because the Algerian consulate and Embassy in Switzerland requires you to prove you are living working in the country before you can apply. Essentially following all the process duely and using Tanzerouft we were able to get our tourist visas for 30 day single entry. We even never actually went in person the the consulate or embassy just sent the cash in the registered mail post with our passports and applications and all the supporting docs, photocopy of the passport. Of course it was a little work to coordinate this with Tanzerouft but it all worked out well.
We will enter from Taleb Labri border by motorcycle from Tunisia and leave from Ghazaouet by ferry to Spain. We are riding two-up (Riding2up) and we are using Tanzerouft as guides for the whole trip taking 9 days to cross Algeria.
Tanzerouft faxed a letter to the consulat/embassy for us and it was relatively quick given other reports. So I don't know what the fuss is all about, were we just lucky. I don't know. But the true test will be when we arrive at the border with our beast of a bike and the two of us...
Anyway it's back to uploading photos...
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