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 Karokoro river north of
Kankossa by sachara
In the centre of the depression around Kankossa is a vegetation of acacia woodland. In the water you can find water-lilies. And the banks of the wetland are lined with vegetable gardens. And livestock find here a year-round supply of water. Leave a Comment
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 Nomad tents by sachara
Instead of small villages with thatched roofs like in Mali, we saw at this side of the border Mali-Mauritania the first white nomadic tents in different sizes and forms. Now we knew for sure, that we arrived in Mauritania. Leave a Comment
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 local boats by sachara
At the riverbank we saw these nicily decorated pirogues in bright colours. There were no boatsmen around, but we hadnīt time to spend here or to cross either, because we had to reach Kiffa in time and to continue to Tidjikja the same day. Leave a Comment
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After the first sandy tracks in the flat empty landscape with small trees and bushes north of Tidjikja we were surprised to see a lot of black rocks. There was a good track between the rocks. Slowly we climbed into a mountaineous area.
I was surprised, how quickly the scenery changed within every hour. The desert boring ? Not at all I can you tell. Leave a Comment
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 Tidjikja- Chinquetti, rocks !! by sachara
Finally we managed to reach the plain at the other side without any damage or getting stuck in the sand between the stones. It felt like a victory. Leave a Comment
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After we had conquered all the sanddunes, we crossed easy sandy plains, further heading north. In this area we could drive rather fast.
We drove for hours without seeing any car or person. Suddenly in the middle of nowhere we saw the remains of a car of the Paris-Dakar Rally. So now we were sure, that we were at one of the routes of the rally !
We stopped to have a look at the car. And of course some of us had to sit on the seat of the driver of this Paris-Dakar car. Leave a Comment
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The railway with its KM signs was our orientationpoint and life-line. They told us it was easy enough to find our way without a guide, just by following the most fresh tracks in the often soft sands.
Most of the time we saw the KM signs of the railway very clearly. Sometimes the most fresh tracks , we followed were a few KMs away from the railroad and after some time they bend again to the railway. A few times we headed straight north to find back the railway to be sure, we didnīt get lost, after our experience the first day, when we followed the fresh tracks of pickups, leading to a nomadic camp a few KM south of the railway.
So we had to drive back to the railway without tracks, so we drove as straight north as we thought we did, having the low west sun at our lefthandside. No tracks, no railway, but we did meet a nomad at a camel, coming from nowhere and going to nowhere.
He had never heard of the railway or didnīt understand the French word for it. He did know the word for aspirin, which he needed badly. After we gave it to him, we tried to find back the railway ourselves again before dusk. Leave a Comment
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 Kankossa 2 by sachara
Early in the morning we didnīt see any small shop or streetstall for buying some food or fresh bread. We had to wait till Kiffa for shopping. Leave a Comment
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 sandy tracks by sachara
After some time we reached a badly paved road with many potholes, near Sani. And after a trip of 4 hours we were surprised to see a smooth asphalt road again, which was leading into the town of Kiffa.
Our one-and-half day tour off-road from Kayes to Kifffa was completed.
The next part of the trip from Kiffa to Tidjikja is described at the ''must see activity" tips. Leave a Comment
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 north of Kankossa by sachara
Like yesterday we didnīt see any other traffic, we just followed the most used and fresh track. Sometimes we saw some herds. Leave a Comment
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