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On 3/4/2022 at 1:08 PM, M Kenya said:

Iferouane Niger

February 2022

Leica APO-Summicron-M 75 f2 ASPH

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Very nice portrait. Something spiritual or religious about this portrait.(my feeling)

Is he a Touarg?

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10 hours ago, carl_valiquet said:

Very nice portrait. Something spiritual or religious about this portrait.(my feeling)

Is he a Touarg?

OOPS. Just noticed the title. He is Touareg. I was in Tamanrasset in 1975. One of my most memorable voyages.

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2 hours ago, carl_valiquet said:

OOPS. Just noticed the title. He is Touareg. I was in Tamanrasset in 1975. One of my most memorable voyages.

I crossed the Sahara from Agadez in Niger to Tamanrasset In Algeria in the back of a date merchants truck, circa 1979. What were you doing there back in '75?

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2 hours ago, alan c. davis said:

I crossed the Sahara from Agadez in Niger to Tamanrasset In Algeria in the back of a date merchants truck, circa 1979. What were you doing there back in '75?

I had planned a trip by truck but time did not permt. I visited my sister who was living in Algiers with her husband and children. I flew into Tamanrasset. Travelled for 3 days in the desert with a Touareg man named Ibigui (spelling?) and a French tourist. The first morning we awoke after sleeping under blankets, no tent, Ibigui was nowhere to be seen. He appeared after an hour or so. I understood that he had gone to get the camels that had wandered off during the night. On the second day, he brought us to his family living in a tent in the middle of what seemed « nowhere». I visited the monastery where Charles de Foucauld lived in the Hoggar. This is one of the most enduring memories of my lifetime. Would love to go back.

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On 3/13/2022 at 10:13 PM, carl_valiquet said:

I had planned a trip by truck but time did not permt. I visited my sister who was living in Algiers with her husband and children. I flew into Tamanrasset. Travelled for 3 days in the desert with a Touareg man named Ibigui (spelling?) and a French tourist. The first morning we awoke after sleeping under blankets, no tent, Ibigui was nowhere to be seen. He appeared after an hour or so. I understood that he had gone to get the camels that had wandered off during the night. On the second day, he brought us to his family living in a tent in the middle of what seemed « nowhere». I visited the monastery where Charles de Foucauld lived in the Hoggar. This is one of the most enduring memories of my lifetime. Would love to go back.

Excellenet  Lawrence,sorry I mean Carl😁

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