After an early breakfast in Ouadane we departed another drive out into the desert for Agrour to see some pre-historic paintings left there more than 6000 years ago. Do you see the imprint of the human hand underneath the sun? Humans? Aliens? After 20 minutes...
After exploring Chinguetti early this morning we then headed off for a 1-2 hour drive into the Adrar region of Mauritania, stopping at isolated and lost cities of the Sahara where empires were founded and felled. Once upon a time these were important stops of...
After disembarking from a train journey of a lifetime, we drove out towards a campsite outside of Choum by 1am and spent the rest of the night in our tents. The stars here are unbelievable. When the sun rose at 8am, we woke up to a picnic breakfast. ...
The Mauritania Railway just got served Today we did a thing: We began in Nouadhibou where we picked up some supplies for the epic train journey ahead. If you’re serious about this experience, you should definitely pack goggles, warm blankets, scarves,...
After relaxing in Dakhla for 2 night, we drove to the border of Morocco and Mauritania early this morning. About an hour into the journey we suffered a flat tire, which luckily took about 30 minutes to sort out thanks to a friend of the driver’s brother...
A path lined by ghost towns, yet all filled with life. After 2 nights in Layounne we hit the road for Dakhla City at 9am. We stopped briefly at the one hour mark for large herd of wild camels to pass us: And about 3 hours into the drive we took a quick...
Our plan yesterday: Why it’s controversial (more on that later): Even more controversial? Our last night in Agadir . . . After nursing our hangovers and saying our goodbyes to Crystal, sorrowfully dropping her at the airport to the tune of...
