Auberge Camping Sahara

... the women.  After our discussion, we were able to buy craft items made by the women. Our next stop was the local auberge.  In the mountains, this means a refuge from snow, but in the Sahara it is protection from driving sand storms.  ...

... we made excellent time with very little difficulty and after setting off at 7.30 arrived in town around 3pm. We stayed at the Auberge de Nomad campsite located centrally and I took this chance for a wonder around the town. Nouakchott seems a bussling and ...

Sunshine this morning! I was glad to see it, seeing as we were headed into the Sahara camping!  Gail very kindly lent me one of her two thermal tops.  I believe it will come in handy more than once.  Off we went, around 9am again, ...

... been guilty.  I ended up going for pizza with some of my fellow travelers at a takeout place a few blocks from our auberge.  We pulled a few chairs around a table and sat outside.  Despite the nice smells from the shop, Mauritanian pizza ...

... . Dist. cov. = 39 km 7th - Left to travel towards Nema in the east of the country, passing through Boutilimit and Aleg, bush camping east of Sangrafa. Temp hit 38C inside the truck around midday. Dist cov. = 412 km 8th - Passed through Kiffa and Tintane ...

... while five old libraries contain valuable Islamic manuscripts from the town's glory days.  Our digs at the Auberge des Caravanes camping compund were nice enough with traditional architecture and an electric generator for light at night.  This ...

... a checkpoint about every 30 minutes. We arrive in Nouakchott, which is a large dusty town and the capital. We find an Auberge which is a camping/hotel place. I get a bed in the dorm and they sleep outside in their cars. They could have easily just pulled ...

... was 15.00 and I had a number of things to do before I continued - buy a pair of woolly socks for one. I discovered a back street auberge that was 5TD or 2 pounds for a room for the night. Perfect - I used it as a base, purchased some woolly socks, fixed ...

... It was a free day so everyone did as they wished.  Some went into Mopti to check out the ferry others went to Auberge Canari - a hotel discovered with wifi, swimming pool, table tennis and steak, or some hung around Via Via.  Those at Via Via ...

... ) night's sleep.  As a side-note, why is it that things that are considered "Adventurous" rarely have comfy beds?  Camping, mountain hiking, nights in the desert...  Terrible sleeping, one and all.  But I digress.  Best part of ...