Nouakchott to El Ayoun - "Route de l'Espoir II"
Once again along this road, be ever mindful of animals crossing the road and also of the many potholes. I bent 3 wheel rims this trip!!!! Fortunately African workmanship knows how to deal with this.
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Once again along this road, be ever mindful of animals crossing the road and also of the many potholes. I bent 3 wheel rims this trip!!!! Fortunately African workmanship knows how to deal with this.


From an ornithological point of view this is superb. Thousands and thousands of birds, depending of the time of day and the tides.

I saw a green crocodile of Sahara in Matmata, but sorry I wasn't so quick to photograph it.

The pic shows a rock painting near Amojar Pass. I saw it on the ceiling in a cave. I find it resembles an aircraft…let me dream!

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