Mauritanian border crossing

The infamous 5km stretch of desert between Morocco and Mauritania, heavily mined to east and West....so don't get lost, easier said than done in a sandstorm covering old tracks.

Mauritania and the Sahara Desert

November 25th 2009
Good day today all told, nice breakfast, chilled start to the day and rattled off 250km's, filled up and did another 100km by this time it was getting rather warm and the scenery had definitely moved into the desert/dune territory. Intuition told me to fill up at this little filling station even though 1/3rd full, good job i did because it was another 200Km before fuel, did pass one in the desert ... 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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