Domestic flights in Algeria are pretty interesting. If you're a foreigner flying to another city on a domestic flight, you still have to fill out an exit form (see the photo). At smaller airports, staff can help you with it, but in the capital, you're on your own. Why they need my profession and my parents' names is beyond me.

There are more security checks, but they feel more like an annoying formality than anything serious. For example, in Algiers the metal detector would go off on every other passenger, but everyone got through without any questions. In Timimoun, they didn't even ask me to remove my belt and let me through to the secure area with a large bottle of water.

The gate display doesn't need to be updated. And they can change the gate at the last second. I actually had a boarding that was listed under the gate number of a flight that had already left in a completely different direction.

For some reason, passengers are given a boarding pass with a seat number. Why—no idea. Everyone just sits wherever they want, ignoring the numbers. If seats start running out, a flight attendant might help you find an empty one. I wonder if overbooking is allowed here?

At the tiny Timimoun airport, a uniformed officer took my passport without explanation and handed it to the police. They escorted us to the city. The rules here are such that foreigners can only travel through the desert with a police escort. Locals laugh about it, saying it doesn't make sense anymore, but that's how it works ¯\_ (ツ)_/¯