I should add some info regarding the algerian border.
The border is closed for all traffic, I was told, but it opens once every two weeks, every other Sunday. However, a friend coming down from Tam waited a couple days at In Guezzam before turning back since the border never opened that Sunday.
Obviously there is a lot of clandestine traffic going on. With a guide (expensive) you can go all the way to Tamanrasset circumventing all checkpoints and border posts.
The "Libyan car market" in Agadez was very busy, a hundred or more newer vehicles, all stolen according to locals. "What can we do?" said the policeman I talked to. "They all have legit papers - in Arabic".
Then there is the "Night Market"...
Last edited by priffe; 26 Feb 2014 at 23:03.
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