A "hike" in Boghe

A stoic pose on a "hike" over the flat grassland from Bohge to the river that separates Mauritania and Senegal. The PeaceCorps volunteers placed in the town and I went to have a picnic and look for monkeys. We completed both objectives AND saw some salt being smuggled in from Senegal. Or was it rice. I can't recall. Illegal though, and smuggled in via wooden canoe and donkey cart. On the way back, we rode on a horse cart. I nearly got ejected multiple times. fun fun.

My first Islamic Republic

August 1st 2007
Mauritania is not a popular tourist destination. It has two main paved roads; they are so skinny that I held my breath each time our car approached a HUGE overloaded truck (often). The only way to get anywhere is in a small French car that is used as a long-distance taxi, called a bush taxi. It is a fill-and-go policy and the car is not full until there are 4 people in the backseat, and two in ... read more

Africa » Mauritania

Independent from France in 1960, Mauritania annexed the southern third of the former Spanish Sahara (now Western Sahara) in 1976, but relinquished it after three years of raids by the Polisario guerrilla front seeking independence for the territory. ... ... read more

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