🇩🇿 Oran, Algeria: Cable Cars, Azure Seas & Colonial Squares
"A stolen day of bliss in this Mediterranean gem—where cobalt waters clash with dusty hills, and French elegance meets chaotic charm!" 🌊🏰 🚠 Santa Cruz Cable Car 💰 60 DA one-way ("Cheaper than bubble tea!") → 100 DA round-trip ⏳ 15-minute ride over rocky hills ("Not a tree in sight—just golden scrub and dreamy vistas") 🎫 "We rode it THREE times—because why not?!" 🌊 That Oran Blue "The sea here isn’t just blue—it’s Crayola-box vibrant, outshining the pale sky and industrial port." 🎨 🏛️ Place du 1er Novembre ▪️ "Algeria’s answer to Zhongshan Park" – All cities have one! ▪️ Winged angel statue ("Crowning humanity? We’ll never know...") 👼 ▪️ Clanging trams – "Oddly modern against colonial-time-warp buildings" ⚠️ Reality Checks ▪️ Pickpockets love trams ("My colleague’s almost-stolen phone says hi") ▪️ Ramadan closures – "Luck favored us with that moving cable car!" 🍜 Silver Linings ▪️ Chinese food salvation – "Kung Pao chicken > homesickness" 🥢 ▪️ That sea view – "Worth two days of airport purgatory!" ✈️ #Oran #Algeria #TravelDiaries