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• Greetings
and assistance in the Port of Algiers.
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• Transfer
and settling at the Hotel Albert I ***.
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• Walk through
the city. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.
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DAY 2
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Algiers - Bouira - Bordj Bou Arréridj - M'Sila
- Boussaada [300 km]
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• After breakfast,
departure towards Boussaâda via Bouira and Bordj
Bouariridj.
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• Lunch on
the way. Arrival in M'Sila. Tour of Kalâat Beni
Hamad (Beni Hamad Citadel).
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• Continuation
towards Boussaâda.
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• Arrival
and settling at the Hotel Kerdada. Dinner and overnight.
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DAY 3
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Boussaada - Djelfa - Laghouat - Ghardaïa [419
km]
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• After breakfast,
tour of the Ferrefo mills, the Zaouïa d'El-Hamel
and the Nasreddine Dinet
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(Etienne Dinet) Museum.
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• Lunch in
town. Departure towards Djelfa for a tour of the rocky
sites of Zaccar,
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Ain Naga and Ain El Bell.
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• Continuation
towards Laghouat and then Berriane to finally arrive
at the end of the afternoon
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in Ghardaïa.
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• Settling
in a traditional house "Akham". Dinner and
overnight.
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DAY 4
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Ghardaïa - Ain Salah [655 km]
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• After breakfast,
early morning departure towards Ain Salah with short
stops along the way.
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• Arrival
in El Golëa. Tour of the K'sours (ancient palaces)
and the oasis of the city.
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• Lunch by
the lake. Continuation towards Ain Salah.
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• Short stops
on the way to admire the interminable horizon with its
wild plants and brushes
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growing between sand and rocks.
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• Arrival
at the end of the afternoon in Ain Salah.
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• Dinner and
overnight at the Hotel Tidikel t***.
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DAY 5
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Ain Salah - Tamanrasset [701 km]
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• After breakfast,
early morning departure toward Tamanrasset. Arrival
in Arak.
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• Lunch break.
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• Continuation
toward Tamanrasset. Arrival late afternoon.
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• Dinner and
overnight in Outoul.
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This journey is
the longest distance to cover
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DAY 6
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Tamanrasset - Atakor - Assekrem - Hermitage
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• Breakfast
and tour of Tamanrasset (bordj of Père de Foucauld
and old city).
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• After lunch,
we start upon the rocky and steep 80 kilometres to Atakor
to reach the refuge
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at the foot of the Assekrem plateau.
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• We will
arrive early enough to walk towards the hermitage of
Charles de Foucauld and to admire
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the sunset atop the Atakor (20 minute
walk).
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• We will
spend the night at the refuge after a good dinner prepared
by your cook.
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DAY 7
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Assekrem - Tamanrasset - Oued Zazir - Oued Igharghar
- Oued Foutes
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• Early wakening
for those who would like to see the sunrise of the Hoggar
Mountain.
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• After breakfast,
descent with all terrain vehicles toward the Adriane
Plain.
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• Lunch in
Tamanrasset before continuing the descent through large
wadis towards
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the Tassilis of Hoggar.
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• We cover
a distance of 100km towards the south to reach the Zazir
Wadi where we will se a few
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Touareg camp sites before continuing towards
the Igharghar Wadi and the Foutes Wadi where
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we will settle camp at 150km from Tamanrasset.
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DAY 8
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Oued Foutes - Tin Tarabin - Debnat - Youf Aghlal
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• After breakfast
and an early morning walk, we will keep going south
going through many small
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wadis which will bring us to the larger
Wadi of Hoggar : the Tin Tarabin, which we will ascend
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a little before we end up in the Ostriches
city, small and pretty Ténéré which
in turn will bring us
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to the Your Aghlal site (large spaces
in the middle of golden dunes where are built the ghostly
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castles, the watchtowers, the wind sculpted
fingers and large bundles looking like
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sleeping elephants.)
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• Everywhere
you look you will see strange shapes that you will want
to discover by foot.
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• Overnight
and campfire in the middle of the site.
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DAY 9
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Youf Aghlal - Tinen Faza - Tin Egoleh - Tahaggart
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• Exploration
of the Youf Aghlal site and the Tinen Faza with its
huge Bouddha Valley.
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• We will
then go west to reach a beautiful canyon in the Tassili
(Tin Egoleh).
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• Lunch break.
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• Resuming
of our progression towards the south to reach our most
prestigious camp site in
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Tahaggart, real mineral jewel of the Tassili
of Hoggar sculpted in the Giacometti fashion.
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• Overnight
at the camp site.
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DAY 10
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Tahaggart - Tin Tarabin - Tagrera
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• Free morning
to discover the best viewpoints of the Tahaggart site.
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• The always
changing perspectives will not cease to amaze you.
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• After a
picnic for lunch, we will leave this fabulous site to
cross the Tin Tarabine before ending up
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in Tagrera where other eroded rocky formations
in the shape of a mushroom will be awaiting us.
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• Overnight
at the camp site in the region of Tagrera.
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DAY 11
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Tagrera - In Tehok - In Akacheker
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• Early morning
walk in the Tagrera site before leaving for the In Tehok
site.
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• Exploration
of the site.
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• We will
then go to In Akacheker and its fantastic sand finger
caressed castles.
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• Lunch on
the site of In Tehok before going to In Akacheker.
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• Camp in
the middle of the dunes.
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DAY 12
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In Akacheker - Tamanrasset - Outoul
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• After breakfast,
departure from In Akecheker towards Tamanrasset.
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• Lunch on
the way.
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• Arrival
in Temanraset. Free time in the afternoon in the city.
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• Transfer
at the camp. Settling in Outoul.
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• Showers.
Dinner and overnight at the camp site.
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DAY 13
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Tamanrasset - Ain Salah [701 km]
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• After breakfast,
early morning departure towards Ain Salah. Arrival in
Arak.
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• Lunch break.
Continuation towards Ain Salah.
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• Arrival
at the end of the afternoon.
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• Dinner and
overnight at the Hotel Tidikelt ***.
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DAY 14
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Ain Salah - Ghardaïa [655 km]
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• After breakfast,
early morning departure towards Ain Salah with short
stops on the road.
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• Arrival
in El Golëa, settling on the lake shores for lunch.
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• Continuation
towards Ghardaïa. Arrival at the end of the day.
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• Settling
in Akham. Dinner and overnight.
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DAY 15
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Ghardaïa
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• Breakfast.
Tour of the city, of the market and of the water sharing
systems
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(ancient irrigation systems).
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• After lunch,
tour of the El Ateuf, Bounoura, Melika and Beni Yesguen
cities.
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• Dinner and
overnight in Akham.
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DAY 16
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Ghardaïa - Touggourt - El Oued [315 Km]
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• Early morning
departure towards Guerara, a Mozabite city surrounded
by magnificent Oasis.
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• Continuation
towards H'jira (a village which is completely buried
under the sand).
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• Lunch break.
Tour of the old village (possibility of seeing wild
camels).
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• Continuation
towards El Wadi via Touggourt and Djamâa through
sand dunes of the
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Grand Oriental Erg.
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• Arrival
in El Wadi. Tour of the Méheri Palace.
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• Dinner and
overnight at the Hotel Ritane Palace ***.
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DAY 17
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El Oued - Biskra - Batna [387 Km]
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• Early morning
departure towards Guemmar. Short tour of the city.
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• Continuation
towards Sidi Okba with stop to take picture at the Melghigh
Chottes (fossilized lakes).
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• Tour of
Sidi Okba, founder of the city of Kairawan in Tunisia.
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• Lunch in
Biskra. Walk through the city.
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• Continuation
towards Batna going through M'chouneche and the Ghoufi
Balconies.
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• Arrival
late afternoon in Batna. Settling at the Hotel Selim.
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• Dinner and
overnight.
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DAY 18
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Batna - Timgad - Constantine [170 Km]
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• After breakfast,
departure towards Timgad for a tour of the Roman archaeological
site
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and its museum.
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• Continuation
towards Constantine. Lunch on the way.
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• Arrival
and settling at the Hotel Cirta ***.
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• Walk through
the city and tour of the suspended bridges and of the
museum.
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• Dinner and
overnight.
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DAY 19
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Constantine - Jijel - Bejaia [250 Km]
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• After breakfast,
departure towards Jijel.
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• On the way,
magnificent views with gorges and rock ambushes with
a décor filled with greeneries
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which complement well this pure and natural
harmony. Lunch stop at Jijel.
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• Continuation
towards Bejaia along the coast in order to admire the
famous jijelienne ridge with
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its caves and its heavenly views.
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• Arrival
in Bejaia. Settling at the Hotel Club Alloui *** (feet
in the water hotel).
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• Tour of
the city and climbing towards Yemma Gouraya (magnificent
citadel offering an impregnable
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view of the city and its port).
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• Dinner and
overnight.
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DAY 20
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Bejaia - Tizi Ouzou - Algiers [236 Km]
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• Breakfast
and departure towards Tizi-Ouzou, the Kabylie capital.
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• Short stops
on the way to visit and admire typical Beber villages.
Lunch in Tizi-Ouzou.
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• Continuation
towards Algiers through Tigzirt for a visit of the Roman
Ruins and the Old Port.
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• Arrival
in Algiers, settling at the Hotel Albert I ***.
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• Dinner and
overnight.
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DAY 21
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Algiers
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• Breakfast.
Tour of the city (Kasbah, Notre Dame of Africa Cathedral,
Bardo Museum, Bastion 23…).
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• Lunch in
town. Free afternoon.
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• Dinner and
overnight at the Hotel Albert I.
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DAY 22
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Departure [End of Circuit]
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• After breakfast,
transfer to the port of Algiers.
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• Assistance
with departure.
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