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June 24th 2005
Since I last wrote I went through Marrakesh, Agadir, Laayoune, Dakhla, and then across the border into Mauritania where I have so far been to Noadhibou and Nouakchott. Marrakesh was pretty and interesting but too touristic for me. Laayoune and Dakhla are in Western Sahara, which is disputed, and there seems to be some tension between the Moroccans who are sort of occupying it, and the Saharans. T ... read more

Africa » Western Sahara » South » Dakhla

Morocco virtually annexed the northern two-thirds of Western Sahara (formerly Spanish Sahara) in 1976, and the rest of the territory in 1979, following Mauritania's withdrawal. A guerrilla war with the Polisario Front contesting Rabat's sovereignty e... ... read more

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I am twenty years old, a student, I pay for my travelling currently with student loans and financial aid from The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington and occassional emergency contributions from my parents. I travel because I can't really not, and because I am interested in trying to visit the areas that are blanks on the map, that I know nothing about so I can know a lot about these places... I also like travelling in very difficult places, my top destinations are Tokelau, Somalia, Democractic Republic of Congo, the Comoros, Madagascar, Sudan, Iran, Guyana, Bhutan, North Korea,... full info

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