Chinguetti, Mauritania Travel Blogs

Mer de sable et bibliotheques
Oct 25, 2008 (28 photos)

... c est d aller a la piscine entouré de palmiers et des dunes de sables autour de soit. En effet, il y a beaucoup de puits a chinguetti et on peut remplir des reservoirs d eau rien que pour soi et pour se detendre. Si vous voulez voir des dunes de sables ...

Warren Buys Books and Plays Board Games With Candi
Oct 21, 2007 (8 photos)

... ; Background:  It was our second night in Chinguetti, a once important oasis town deep in the Sahara Desert in Mauritania.  I spent the morning wandering around town alone, the afternoon relaxing in the shade in our walled campement, and the ...

Chinguetti, Mauritania, October 19 - 20, 2007
Oct 20, 2007 (109 photos)

... for the trip from West Africa to Mecca.  The 16th century stone Friday Mosque in Chinguetti's old town is considered the national symbol of Mauritania while five old libraries contain valuable Islamic manuscripts from the town's glory days.  ...

COS Trip
Jan 9, 2006

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