Who made these circles in the Sahara?

[MojaveGeek]

Those were simpler, and arguably better times. I couldn't even get a tourist visa for Algeria 5 months ago, and Niger is arguably quite unsafe now.

Interestingly, the only reason I was down in southern Algeria was because plan A did not happen - that plan being to travel the Mediterranean coast to Alexandria and follow the Nile to Lake Victoria. But once en route I learned that Americans were not even allowed into Libya, and not west of Alexandria.

And hitch hiking across Niger and then into northern Nigeria these days? Nope, don't even think about it!

To this day, I drink my mint tea very sweet