http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Western-Sahara/North/Laayoune/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Africa , Western Sahara , North , Laayoune en-us Sat, 05 Dec 09 09:47:56 +0000 Sat, 05 Dec 09 09:47:56 +0000 Well not too much exciting stuff has happened.Got my visa for Mauritania in Rabat after lots of politics.Had a good time in Rabat but then spent almost 24 hours in Transit to make my way to Laayoune in the Western Sahara.Didnt spend any time in Marrakesh as planned because I met a new travel companion who had already been there. I decided that it was more important to travel with someone into Mau http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Western-Sahara/North/Laayoune/blog-414496.html It's been a long bit since my last entry and a couple of thousand kilometers travelling too and boy it seems like a long time ago.I ended up spending 9 days in Essaouira a lovely group of people and a great bunch that went through it too. Troy the greek god of street art Michelle the reading maniac who got through any book you placed in front of her Taz the Hostel carer with an always r http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Western-Sahara/North/Laayoune/blog-321743.html We stopped briefly in Layoune to do some food shopping this is Western Saharas capital from there we camped out near a beach and had guy with a gun came by to tell us we are camping in land mine area so everyone was a bit careful going to the toilet that night it was also Di and Tonys 5th Anniversary so we celebrated a bit. Next day we stopped at Boujdour to do some more food shopping Dave and http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Western-Sahara/North/Laayoune/blog-226101.html The train ride see had left me dreary and adrenalineless. In Nouadhibou I took lodge at a camp for overlanders and after a much needed resting day I begun my quest for a ride north through Western Sahara and up to Marrakech where a flight destination London awaited me. I had bought the ticket over a month earlier still in Mali but I had obviously underestimated both width and slowness of A http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Western-Sahara/North/Laayoune/blog-224598.html