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johnsakura Says: Ok, so if i've once said to visit the busy streets of Atar, I also invite you to discover the ones that have no movement and rushed people rying to make business. You'll walk in residential areas where you'll be able to see some kids playing after they come back from school.
johnsakura Says: I just love the way people put their things together in mud houses. They look so nice. Along with painted windows and doors, this is a very nice thing to notice and photograph of course if you pass in the region of Adrar.
johnbradshawlayfield Says: Road is the only mean by which you can come to Atar. Two flights per week are also available from Nouakchott on Air Mauritiane. Road is newly built and is in excellent condition.
How to get to Bir Moghrein? (part 2)
johnsakura Says: This is all very complicated and we shouldn’t forget about some people that say that Algeria only gives force to Polisario because they want a piece of the Atlantic… Algeria want Atlantic… I don’t want to be turning this text to any political statement, but I’m trying to...
Hidden cheap shops: Hidden cheap shops
johnsakura Says: You have to go into the right shops to get cheap goods. In Atar usualy things are more expensive than in NKT. But there are shops that have imported good even cheaper then in the capital. strange but true. You just have to enter inside the places you think are more hidden....
johnsakura Says: you have a strees that has lots of car parts. its the mecanical district of Atar. You can get really cheap things like car oil 2 litres for 3 euros... wow yes its true, and some other part like I did to fix my oil problem. car parts cheap cheap
johnsakura Says: Streets in Atar are very crowed due to the high business rates. Mauritanians are business men and they try to make business with everthing, which sometimes is not good specialy when you're stuck in sand with your car in the middle of the desert and you ask for help and...
johnsakura Says: Clothes in Mauritania are quite different from anyother arab country. Roots here tend to be more Moorish than arab arab. Women dress this unique tissues covering all their body when they are out in the sun, as soon they get to a place they tend to uncover a bit. Colours are...
johnbradshawlayfield Says: The beggars are very hostile. When I came across one of them, that beggar stopped me, showed me the knife and took maoney and my watch. But I managed to get all my things back when I showed my revolver which had 2 bullets in it to him. I carried it which was given to me by...
Gueltat Zemmour ->To Layoune
johnsakura Says: We got permission and headed to Gueltat Zemmour with army 4x4 on the front of us. Due to much sand also in this part (no road exists, or many parts are really in bad shape that is better to go into the sand), again my friends had to jump off the car and be transported on the...
“Le Mure” -> Way to Gueltat Zemmour
johnsakura Says: You get to the wall and you have to deliver your passport to the Moroccan authorities. You stay under Moroccan army custody maybe even for a few days. Don’t go out of the asphalt as it has lots of land mines. You have to wait maybe up to a few days to get the permission to...
Fortress on the border -> “Le Mure" 36kms
johnsakura Says: Fortress on the border with Western Sahara -> “Le Mure”NO Man’s LAND. BE careful be careful be careful. mines, pirates… old asphalt road broken by explosions at least 4 times until the “WALL”. 2 of the times was quite hard to pass. about 36kms.continues on next tip
Bir Moghrein -> Fortress on the border +-56km
johnsakura Says: Bir Moghrein -> Fortress on the border with Western Sahara (on Michelin Map it’s the star)We had to make 96km until a place known has "Le Mure" or "the wall" which consists of a thousand km wall separating Morocco from the land mines of the Western Sahara land, full of...
johnsakura Says: We got to the police check point on the town and stayed there until they stamped our passports out, and we knew that was going to be the beginning of our big adventure as there is no entry police control stop on the Mauritanian side and also on the Moroccan border. No man's...
Zouerat -> Bir Moghrein +-440km (part 3)
johnsakura Says: So this picture is from the cafe or restaurant on top of the Rich Mountains. This is the only stop existing in the way. Lots of kms without a living soul but here, incredible...This is divided in different parts. right side for tea and business men like Saharawis and...
Zouerat -> Bir Moghrein +-440km (part 2)
johnsakura Says: Half the way you pass the Rich Mountains, where on top you have a small café that usually have some Polisario taking some tea, painting new car plates with new numbers. No I think this is where the problem can be for many people. This is one of the dangers, as many people...
Zouerat -> Bir Moghrein +-440km (part 1)
johnsakura Says: I was coming by a small car and my friends which had to switch to a Toyota pick up truck due to the extreme weight on our small car, too much weight for the desert tracks that connected Zouerat to Bir Moghrein, making the total of 440km of tracks. After two days of...
johnsakura Says: Maybe run after some goats? all you have.
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Adrar Region. For me one of the most beautiful regions in whole Mauritania. Atar is a big city, Mauritanian standards of course, which consists on a very imporatant point in the commerce of the...
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The city is dusty. The paved roads are covered with desert sands. Temperatures soaring and electricity for mere 6 hours. The people are hostile especially the beggars who show you knife and extract......
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We left Nouakchott at aroung 6PM. The road is in excellent conditions. The drivers are hurry and drive fast. The road to Atar is 5-6 hours long. As we opted for the cheapest way for travelling...
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