After all the disappointing things happened to us, we turned towards South to explore the desert at least. We have spent a splendid night there in-between the dunes...

After waking up we decide not to go and waste our time at the Consulate anymore. We call them at 10 to find out if there is a development with our case. The lady requests a call back in 30 mins to be able to speak with her colleagues in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. We call her later as agreed but the only thing she can say is that the Ministry has received our papers, and our application is under process. As long as the Consulate doesn’t receive the positive or negative sign from the Ministry, they can not say anything. They should have mentioned it before.

A new day has come and now we feel ready to deal with the visa issues. As the organizers don’t speak French they take Balazs to do so. Armin joins them not to leave alone his friend. Therefore we have a quick breakfast in the hotel and we leave very early in the morning. We would be the firsts at 9am when the Consulate of People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria opens the gate.

The bells of the neighboring church are ringing enormously loud at 7am. No need to say we are awake like a smashed potato. We get a quick shower and have a rich breakfast.

After several weeks of organization and preparation the long awaited day had come. Both of us are so excited to leave Sarajevo behind us. We had so much stress and frustration during the past few days to arrange everything. We still have no visa for Algeria but we’ve decided to be optimistic and get it along the way in Tunis.