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Category Archives: Mauritania

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To Senegal

  September 22, 2011 Africa, border, Encircle Africa, Mauritania, Senegal

The land south of Nouakchott, capital of Mauritania, is noticably greener than that north, despite the occasional red dune. The border formalities on the north side of the River Senegal are more or less madness if you have white skin. Manage to get my passport speed stamped: Hustler: Did you … Continue reading

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Mauritania

  September 19, 2011 Africa, border, Encircle Africa, Mauritania, Morocco, Senegal, Western Sahara

I passed the tropic of cancer on Friday without much fanfare, having travelled back up the Dakhla peninsula onto mainland Africa proper. The border formalities, both Moroccan and Mauritanian, were free of excitement and I was processed by both systems reasonably quickly. Travelling through Western Sahara/Southern Morocco and Mauritania has … Continue reading

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The road to Mauritania

  September 15, 2011 Africa, Encircle Africa, Mauritania, Morocco, Western Sahara

I find a shared taxi to Laayoune in about 3 seconds. Having to wait for it to fill, being the first, allows me to accept the offer of tea from the driver. The large UN presence in disputed Western Sahara is immediately obvious from the blue flags, large white SUVs and … Continue reading

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To Africa

  September 8, 2011 Africa, Encircle Africa, Gibraltar, Mauritania, Morocco, Spain, visa

  Africa from Gibraltar Confusingly, Morocco is 2 hours behind Gibraltar at the moment, meaning I arrived in Tangiers about 5 minutes before I departed Spain. Had a delicious Tagine for dinner, but that, together with the romanticism of the call of the muezzin with the golden sun bathing the … Continue reading

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