Country Info
- Nouakchott
- Capital
- Ouguiya (MRO)
- Currency
- 2,747,312
- Population
- MR
- Country Code
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Mauritania
... ) on where to travel – which affects your insurance – we are not supposed to be in sections of Mali or Mauritania. Hence, to avoid attracting attention to us, Oasis would prefer us to not advertise our whereabouts on online blogs in these ...
Kickin' it off
Welcome to my (first ever) blog..and a travel blog, at that! I know I said I would never make one of these, but it seems like this is a simple and fitting way to capture my adventures across America and share them with anyone & ...
Nouakchott
... around Aleg! But with the fficulties at the border had to give in and stay the night in Ayoun el-Atrous. Just as we entered Mauritania steve noticed nasty noises coming from the gear box! Is not a happy bunny!! The next morning we get up at 5.30. Still ...
FIN
... con un fajo enorme de billetes de 500€ (si alguno se preguntan donde están esos tan raros de ver, pues es en Mauritania) que ofrecía cambio. Como no teníamos mucho tiempo, cambiamos algunos euros. Sí, en el mercado negro :-D De la capital.... ...
De Nouadhibou au Banc d'Arguin
De Nouadhibou au Banc d'Arguin C’était un mardi, le 12 janvier Nouadhibou, c’est chouette, mais euh… il nous faut continuer notre route vers le Banc d’Arguin, notre destination de repos pour les deux prochains jours. Le retard de ...
Mauritania
Landscape similar to Western Sahara for the drive from the border to the capital - Nouakchott. Desert, few signs of vegetation apart from isolated scrubby trees. Very poor country, villages have nothing, dwellings tents and just shelters. Who ...
SLEEPING UNDER SAHARAN STARS
... due to the harsh heat of the desert in Chinguetti but we checked out the red sandy city and saw what was forerly the centre of Mauritania. It made me a bit sad to see a place so beautiful but so reliant on tourists that just are not there. The locals were ...
Dust, dust and rocks, and a dead camel
... herons together with smaller species. And some warthogs running around between the fishermen camps. Continuing north we came into actual Mauritania. The buildings were the by far the simplest we'd seen so far. Just a square concrete box without any paint ...
AAAAA-GA-DIR-DIR-DIR PUSH PINEAPPLE SHAKE THE TREE
Visas in hand, we headed south, stopping our slighty odd detour dangerously close to Europe again and arrived into Essouaira at the unsociable hour of 6am after a loooong and laborious bus ride. Rats ran around the streets and it seemed not a soul was ...
Crossing the Western Sahara/ Mauritanian border
... was spooky and interesting. Then at Mauritanian immigration, we were processed quickly and very courteously. By 2 o'clock, we were officially in Mauritania! Wow! Well as we set off, I thought the landscape was the same but this side of the border, there ...
Frenetic Nouakchott
From 11.00pm last night, I noticed it was very hot. I was literally getting itchy feet. This itchiness spread throughout my body until around 4am. I managed to get a bit of sleep. What a nightmare. Time to keep really cool. In the morning, I met Neil and ...
Mautitanië in een notendop
Salaam Aleikum! (en dan antwoorden jullie uit volle borst Aleikum Salaam!) Nieuws uit Mauretanië. Na een paar dagen verbleven te zijn in Dakhla, de meest zuidelijke stad van de Westelijke Sahara en tevens kitesurfparadijs, zijn we verder gereden naar ...
Starting Off With A Bang
... a stopover. There isn't much to this city. It is flat with mostly 1-story buildings, a common thread throughout Mauritania's cities. Trash covers the streets, but soon it just becomes part of the landscape. This city is not built ...
Gateway to the Past
We arrived in Atâr after finding a ride from the city of Choum. Like many cities in the Sahara, the streets are not very crowded during the heat of the day. There is also sand everywhere. The city center is actually in the northern ...
Holy Moly
Entering Chingeutti is like going back in time. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, this city is filled with the ruins of what once was a bustling metropolis. It is considered the 7th holiest city in Islam and has several old libraries that house ...
Desert Camping
Abdu's organized our trip to Ouadâne. A guide led us deep into the desert; a 5 day trek through the sand dunes. It was our first time riding a camel and the animal's rhythm took a little getting used to. The camels carried our ...
Place of the Winds
... to explore the city. In the national museum,we saw excavated material that illustrates ancient ways of life in Mauritania. The shopping district is located in the cinquičme district and offers handcrafted jewelry, silver-handled daggers and ...
Eye of the Sahara
Outside Ouadâne is one of the most amazing natural spectacles on Earth. The Eye of the Sahara, officially called the Richat Structure, can be seen from space. It was originally thought to be caused by a meteorite striking Earth. Now it ...
I will survive ..
Ben door het zwaarste van heel het parcours geraakt .. Het No-Mansland tussen Marrokko en Mauretanië . Het heeft bloed, zweet, euro's en balpennen gekost .. maar ben "veilig" in Nouadhibou aangekomen. Wat betreft het "bordercrossing", ik hoop dat men ...