Cansado Travel Guide

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Fishing settlement

Fishing settlement, Cansado

 johnsakura Says:  Old fishing settlement from the begining of the 20th century. Maybe Portuguese or Spanish.. 

Nature and Men

Nature and Men, Cansado

 johnsakura Says:  Birds along with old ships. An odd scenery not very normal to see. 

Sea

Sea, Cansado

 johnsakura Says:  Km and km of sea shore with old boats. 

Fishermen

Fishermen, Cansado

 johnsakura Says:  Fishing is not only with boats. this guy is going to catch some octapus on the sea. 

Old ships

Old ships, Cansado

 johnsakura Says:  On this area of Cansado there are more or less 50 sunked ships. the scenery is very nice though dispite of ecologc impact. 

Few Locals

Few Locals, Cansado

 johnsakura Says:  I was very surprised to find these people on my walk on the beach. Besides some old boats this area have maybe half dozen little houses belonging to local fishermen. 

Beach

Beach, Cansado

 johnsakura Says:  The beach here on the picture lookds very nice. But somehow I managed to take all the garbage of the pic area. This area has tons of garbage that comes from the sea. Boats throw the garbage directly to the sea. 

Birds

Birds, Cansado

 johnsakura Says:  Many birds (thrushes, pigeons, swallows and nightingales) pass through Mauritania on their migration route from Europe to Africa. Mauritania is a bird watcher's paradise: starlings, weaver birds, pelicans, cormorants, herons, terns and ducks are among the birds which can be... 

Ship cemetery 2

Ship cemetery 2, Cansado

 johnsakura Says:  Another close view of a dead fishing vessel.I cant imagine the great polluction impact this may cause. Either the way I notice that already many birds and fishes use the boats as refugee and place to hide or rest. 

Ship cemetery 1

Ship cemetery 1, Cansado

 johnsakura Says:  This old ship has been here for a long time.As I walked on this beach I took my shirt out to get some color. I walked the all Cansado Bay unitl the ville of Nouadhibou. That probably 10 km.Temperatures here in Mauritania are always a bit high. ALthough I got a rainy day. 

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Dead Monk Seals

Dead Monk Seals, Cansado

 johnsakura Says:  Many fishermen sont respect nature and their nets catch an very small amout of still existing seals.The largest Mediterranean monk seal colony can be found on Mauritania's Atlantic seaboard. At the Cape Blanc peninsula the seals live along a stretch of just a few kilometers... 

Working men

Working men, Cansado

 johnsakura Says:  This people break a ship appart to get some metal pieces for something they need to build. 

Dead fish

Dead fish, Cansado

 johnsakura Says:  this is the type of fish people here dont eat. they just throw it way. All along the coast you can see hundreds of fishes like this one. 

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Cansado Bay

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 On your way to Cape Blanc, Cansado is one of the first settlements for fishermen that grew in the area in the begginings of the 20th century. 

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