Waiting for the Train
In a sandstorm
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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]
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] Blog: From Nouadhibou to Atar
Date: July 18th 2008
This was one of the best stretches of the journey - taking the empty iron ore train from the coast at Nouadhibou to the desert outpost at Choum, and then travelling by pickup over the escarpment into Atar. We waited all day for the train to pass by the station outside Nouadhibou, and then it was all rush to pile foodstuffs, oil barrels, furniture, animals etc into the open wagons. We ended up i ... read more
Date: July 18th 2008
This was one of the best stretches of the journey - taking the empty iron ore train from the coast at Nouadhibou to the desert outpost at Choum, and then travelling by pickup over the escarpment into Atar. We waited all day for the train to pass by the station outside Nouadhibou, and then it was all rush to pile foodstuffs, oil barrels, furniture, animals etc into the open wagons. We ended up i ... read more
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Travelled in Germany, France, Holland, Spain, Italy, England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Morocco, Mauritania, Western Sahara, Mali and Senegal.
Lived in Malawi for 8 months in 2006, teaching in a secondary school. Went back to Africa in summer 2008 travelling overland from Paris through Morocco, Mauritania, Mali to Senegal. Maybe will visit Eastern Europe next, or ideally Russia and Siberia!... full info
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