Why Djanet was the best remedy to heal my soul ?

 

I believe that everyday, I should take time to review what I have done, what I have said, and in some moments life became overwhelming and no good things can prevail.

In a place like Djanet, all emotions get confused, from the surprise of seeing amazing sceneries to the sadness of not sharing them with the special one, to the fear of the trip to be finished too soon .

And as a thyroid free person, having emotions on free run is not always a good idea

So Djanet is the best choice because it is far enough of the capital ( so of work you cannot just stop your trip and get back to office) and it is in algeria, so no big stress for visa or ticket price

When travelling to tadrart there is no network, you can have a real electronic detox, so basically no need to bring your computer unless you do video editing then where will you charge it?? And better to put airplane mode to your phone to protect your battery ( yes in the desert you learn to save water and power)

Are you that kind of people that would open the phone more than 200 times per day? So in djanet unless you are taking 200 photos per day, you are going to rock the digital wellbeing stats.

So if no one is calling you, you will have to talk to yourself, and of course to the people around you.

Meeting new people, introducing your self, listening to others talking, trying not to cut people during the conversation, respect the order, this is a real exercise. And as they say in personnel development courses, you need to have active listening, and really be interested by what people are saying.

Doing that you will discover people that connect to your soul naturally, no pushing, just an eternal connection that have been revived, you will meet your self, your soul, your mind, your heart lost

what ever you see on daily bases is just amazing, and breath taking, and somehow external life is still influencing your mood, so you start living the moment, second after second, minute after minute, each discussion matter, each star in the sky matter, each seed matters. At that moment you will feel alive, you will enjoy, you will walk bare feet in the sand, you will enjoy the sun and the fresh air, you will be grateful for the food, for the wellbeing environment

 

when you go to djanet for a week you will feel that you went for a month, your heart will feel the peace, your mind will slow down and time will extend.

Djanet is a huge museum and tadrart is a gem, understanding the road, the montains the dunes, the dry rivers, animals traces on the sand, will help you to read the place.

Tadrart won’t be accessible without the touaregs, those people that made us their guests, and treated us as family, they taught us their region, they cooked for us, they shared their tradition, they heard our life and tried to show us a better one.

The touaregs are part of my daily life, each advise learned from them is a blessing, even their jokes have a meaning , they live life with respect and open mind, with understanding and without complicating, god gave us everything and we don’t have big troubles that could remove our sleep, this is the best line I got from one of them

Since that day I want to have a peaceful life I want to have the possibility to shut down everything and enjoy what god gave me

 

I am alive and I am Back!!!

 

Hello people,I am back, yeah 12/12/2023 somehow two years without writing, without expressing.

I went through crazy moments, I focused on work and tried to protect my mental health as much as I could.

Now , why am I back, what is happening? First I feel thank full to god for protecting me from any craziness od this world, then I thank God for blessing me with amazing experiences and people that make my life happier, better,…. Elhmadoullah I am happy

 

So ? what happened?

I did something crazier than skydiving or buggy jumping, I went on a trip to sahara in djanet by myself and I fell in love with life.

I will start from the beginning, I wanted to go to Dubai, yeah as usual I was ready for a 10 days of hot weather, swimming, tanning, sleeping, enjoying life with my best friend, unfortunately the trip was cancelled and I found myself exhausted, being too lazy to apply for any kind of visa, I considered travelling in algeria, and what can I say, I was looking for a place far enough to hear the sound of silence, nice enough to enjoy what I am seeing, and if the people around be can be cool it would be awesome.

I have contacted the agency, selected the dates, paid and started freaking out, I was going on an 8 days trip sleeping under a tent, in a sleeping bag in the desert. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!! Totally scared

It will be freezing, I cannot sleep on the floor, how about animals, insects, weird sounds, I was having a stressful life and I was stressing out my life more and more, and I wanted to cancel, no need to hurt myself more than this

I tried to buy the right shoes, clothes but this is not a trip where you can take 30kg, you have to be as light as possible, still you need to have your essentials.

I seat down and I have checked the pros and cons, why go why cancel? The most important cons, I was scared, the most important pros I was tired and reaching a complete burn out.

So let’s go it is time for Tadrat the magnificent Djanet

It all started with a late night, first discussion with the ladies of the group, I have met my best companion my brown sleeping bag, and let’s go , I wrote my usual few words on my traveling notebook, I have slept and started to wonder what am I doing?

Welcome to Djanet—there was a big picture at the airport terminal which is a very small room, with those ochre colors, I should have taken a photo .

And here we go, luggages in the cars , the driver was pretty nice, explaining that tonight we spent the night very near, and early morning we will move into the national park, after few kilometers and a sudden right turn we found our selves on rocky road till we arrived to our camping place, the tents were ready, just go inside get your stuff and sleep it is 3:30 am the sun rises around 6am, you will feel the hot sensation of the first rays of the morning, this is what the guide said.

Inside the tent I realized that I did it I am in djanet with a group of people that I don’t know, in the middle of nowhere, I kept my clothes went inside the sleeping bag and stopped my brain from overthinking.

The night was pretty short.

Few hours sleep , I could feel the light outside, went out and saw the sun raising up, everyone sleeping, some snoring even, but the sun was getting up, made a video for the family before to lose network, faced the sun and felt happy.

I knew that I have taken the right decision; I knew I am going to remember this trip.

we are not safe anymore!!

 being a woman is a gift and a curse

a woman is a life carrier, the heart of the home, the base of the family, but being a woman you will discover that every problem or bad situation might be your fault

4 women have been assaulted and raped for 2 hours in a government residency and no one heard anything, no one helped.

we are not safe anywhere !!

for many years already, i don;t go out, walking in the streets, or to the beach by myself, i cannot stand the unrespectful comments nor the behavior of a certain category of guys, but with what happened today, this means for me i cannot plan to work in another city of my country.

and i get scared by this situation, are we supposed to carrier arms to protect our selves are we supposed to be ready to fight 24/7? this amount of stress is unbelievable ... i might be an optimistic person with a lot of positive energy, but right now i am loosing hope in the future

Rabbi y djib elkheir 

high with love

Hello everyone,

yeah it has been forever, writing has became a luxury for me, 2020 main impact is becoming lazy with myself and the best procrastinator ever,

but i am here, today, sharing a happy feeling, sharing the enormous amount of love i have received this week.

i gave my first hugs of 2021, somehow i feel like doing a big sin and I feel quite shy about it, but then I was sooooo in need of that feeling that connection, I am an emotional person that love people connection and hugs are the best drugs ever in this world.

so let me tell you about it, last week an amazing soul took the responsibility to take me out of my home and drive me around my favorite places ( without him knowing this point) just to make me feel ME again, to bring energy and smiles around me, we went to city center enjoyed a lunch outside, and I was like a tourist in some famous landmark i did not take pictures, but i was watching the people around , seeing their life, how they are talking and moving around, i liked that energy, and i have to say that my host was amazingly interesting, surprising and a great listener, to be honest it was the best time i have had for a long long time.

After this i have decided that being under lockdown for such a long time is not the best way to be myself and i should cherish any opportunity to meet new people and grow

today was quite special, i shared a moment at the beach with my closest friend , sharing who we are and how life impacted us on the last 16 years, and to get the best from the future how uncertain it can be , empty beach , wavy sea, and best friend life cannot be better than this.

but i wanted more, i went to an expo fair for women , entrepreneur and those working with their hands, and i have met the wonderful HALA, physically, she is not too tall, not small, not big not too thin, she is a beautiful woman, mentally, she is magical, she knows how to use words to tell you about her adventure, how simple it was, she brought her herbs and rocks, her maps and travelling journal to show us how it is done, when you open to read you can feel when the ideas were ready and when it was going with the flow, you can see her drawing, and pictures, and her voice is the sweetest i could hear, she gave me the most genuine hugs i could have, i love listening to her stories, to her adventures, with simple things she can take you to a far far away land, i beleive that we need more people like HALA in our Life.

and by the end of the day, i have met Randa, the lady with the most amazing heart, always ready to give to people, always available to help, support and advice. Randa is a beautiful source of hard working with a pinch of humor and fun, i am so thankful , she took time to talk to me , to encourage me, and push me to move forward and look for my next adventure, yeah yeah Netflix and chill it's cool but it seems it is time to MOVE

I received so much love during the last week, i am floating with happiness, life is easy, a simple hug, smile or message is enough to bring the best of us!!

Much Love from me to you!!

2020 the turning point....may be

 I have lost my job........

It has been 40 days , i was thinking it's ok, i am handling it well , and even if i am smiling everyday and working on what looks like my future, the information did not kick in yet.

in this pandemic situation, the transition from worker to jobless was quiet smooth, since i kept working in the same desk , on the same subject.

i wonder how it would have been if we were not working from home, i wonder if my empty desk would have been noticed, on that part since i used to travel a lot everyone get used to my empty chair.

for 15 years, i got excited to meet new customers, reach surprising destinations, and share my knowledge, and inside of me i am confused, am i able to do it all by myself, can i shine in front of people and help them to improve their skills

2020 has been a crazy year, i did not have big expectations, but just wished to be surprised, i think we can agree i got surprised.

facing this situation, i found myself overworking for 5 or 6 days in a row, then to wonder in my head and not being sure what is next.

it is stressful, loosing that kind of stability, i hear people saying this is a great opportunity to be a freelancer to start your own business to change your path, but do i want that?

i have always said, i work by pleasure and passion, and that is a luxury!!! is it time to take risk to do what i want by myself or to apply to that job i could never imagine going for.

the truth is i am confused, people are saying your have to go out of your comfort zone, but actually my comfrot zone is so big, and so comfy it's hard, i have been adding skills and knowledge to my comfort zone to enlarge it as much as possible, and i realize now that as big as i could imagine it , i can increase it, it all depends on me.

i don't know what i am going to do in the future, right now i am trying to get some training opportunities and see how the future is?

inchallah, 2020 is a turning point, i am sure it's a lesson teaching year!!!

keep safe , keep positive, keep smiling!!!

Parapente

Hola Lima!!!

I woke up with an excited heart, i am going to fly over the edge of the city , i am soo scared and in the same time, i cannot wait to be already up the sky.

yesterday they have told me that , they open at 10:30, it's 10:55 and am already there, and you know what no wind, it's a quiet morning, disappointment is all over my face, i have been told to come back at 3pm!

i calm down, enjoy the park, walk around visited two museums, had lunch, and rushed back to the site, and i see them flying, i started overthinking may be too much wind, may be i ate too much i will feel bad, may be i don;t need to go for parapente, skydiving 8 years ago is enough for a lifetime.

but there is always a challenging voice in my head, i cannot help it, i need to go over my fears, specially the flying one.
registration done, i am the only one on the waiting line, i have been assigned my pilot, today it's gonna be Marco!! mucho encantada senor!!!

i got prepared, always security first, a guy explaining to me that i have to keep standing until the signal to seat, but he is speaking in spanish, NO ENTIENTO, Ingles Por favor, and i am lucky he does speak english well, at that moment the wind get a bit stronger, and i see someone missing the landing spot and going for another round , we waited for few minutes for the wind to calm down, and it's the time to run few feet and seat, the monent we leave the mountain cliff i felt we were going down to the ocean, obviously it was just a feeling, we started going up and up tuning around and taking more altitude, we have been flying aver the place i walked in the morning, and even if the place is clean and green, the view from the top is just magiacal, seeing the faro is awesome.

When i thought we would be landing actually we went to the other side of the city, over Larcomar the mall of the area, almost touching the highest bulding, or having the feeling to land on the roof.
after a nice turn, i felt tired, the stress, the all day waling under the sun, i felt overwelmed, it was fun but i had enough for today, i asked if we can land. you can imagine that my pilot was having fun since the conditions of flying were just perfect!!!

landing is quite scarier than the taking off, same principle as an airplane , you have got to visualize the landing line or point, commisario said ok for landing, let's go for it, may be one day i will take a training to fly a parapente by myself, because to be honest despite all the fear i loved it, if any other chance i will go for it inchallah!!!

What makes Lima an amazing city?

Lima, the Peruvian capital, an amazing combining of parallel streets with colorful houses, and garden, parks and playgrounds.
Lima is the cuisine city, ceviche, lomo or chifa!! 4000 types of potatoes, the colorful quinoa, the fresh avocado , amazing tastes, a real variety of colors, and smells.
the moment i have landed at the Jorge Chavez, i got excited, to be honest, the immigration part was not really pleasant, basically they could not find Algeria on their system ( but it's not that important) .
so i was excited, i have got in the taxi with my friend , going to the hotel, feeling the warm weather, seeing big christmas trees in the streets, a lot of buses, noticing the important number of cars, motos and buses .
and suddenly we turned left, and the scenery has changed, smaller houses, clean side walks, walking or jogging people, and all around corporate buildings , defining the financial district.
My room is cute, cozy, comfy all what i wanted to enjoy my staying, after a shower, i went to the office 10 to 15 min walk, and already i have felt that people are happy, i felt weird but that's the first impression.
now i can tell you that after 10 days here, Peruvian people are happy , not stressed as their neighbor from chile, not nervous as the rest of the humans on the earth.

in this city , you can order anything online, many apps and services , in this city perople are caring , when i leave my hotel, the security guy will always give me suggestions on the weather to be sure i won;t be too hot or too cold.

the sun is not always visible , but it's always there, i have got a sunburn on my nose last weekend.

I have tried the carabeen sea, the atlantic ocean, the chinese sea, and this time for the first person i have see the pacific ocean, grey color, fresh temperature, perfect for surfing and playing with waves.

so in Lima , or to be more precise in miraflores, you end up on the top of the mountain to watch the ocean down, an amazing view and feeling, i enjoyed walking all the long the beach on the top and on the bottom of the mountain.

obviously, the best way to visit the city is to walk it, it's a clean environment, and with all the good food, you can just enjoy keeping fit.

Lima is also a culture, a touristic place, between the spanish architecture, the inka ancestors, the war with Chile, and the surprising chinese influence, every little step is a learning moment.

so you will walk a lot, eat well, meet great people , surf, parapente or paragliding , Lima is a gem from South America, come and visit it!!!