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On the way through Western Sahara to Mauritania

Posted by vanbest | 27th November 2008

Hoping to find a car in Dakhla to cross border with Mauritania, Dakhla is a city in Morocco's occupied territory of Western Sahara, about 2000 km south from Marrakech. There is no public transportation between Morocco and Mauritania, so the only choice is either find a car or fly by plane, I wanted to see Sahara and to see as much as possible in every country that i cross, so i went by land. I don't speak Arabic, neither I speak French, those are the 2 primary languages spoken in Western Sahara, there are no tourists thus no incenetive for locals to learn English.
I had no idea where to find a car ( In africa there are no signs, there are just people who knows stuff) so my plan was to go and ask till i find it.
Landscape slowly changes as you move away from Marrakech deeper into Sahara, mountains and vegetation give places to sea of sand, at some point you reach atlantic Ocean and you acctually pass Canary island by 80 km from shoreline.

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Continued | Africa's crazy trip

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