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 Baba showing how we could
beat the soft sands by sachara, 4 more photos
We hired an excellent guide in Tidjikja, Baba Ulabdi Nega. He lives in the quartier Kraifa, tel. 00 222 569318. The staff of the Auberge ''Le Phare du Desert" in Tidjikja arranged this for us.
Baba knows the desert as his backyard. He showed us the best way through the sand, the dunes and the rocks. He was not only a good guide, but also a good driver, if needed.
With the guide we did this route of 350 KM in 2 days. We heard of people, who did it without guide. It took them more than 5 days before they reached finally their destination. Leave a Comment Phone: 00 222 569318
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When you go into the desert it's necessary to bring enough supplies, like food, but more important water and diesel ! Allthough we had enough water to cross the 350 KM desert from Tidjikja to Chinquetti, we bought 24 bottles extra. Even back in Spain we still drunk the water from Tidjikja.
It's also important to go with at least two 4WDS. Baba our guide told us that two frenchmen and their guide died last year halfway Tidjikja and Atar. Their only car broke down and they hadn't enough water at the end.
In the north of Mauritania the waterpump of our landcruiser broke and destroyed also the ventilator and radiator. So the pajero had to drag the landcruiser for about 400 KM along the railway from almost Choum to Nouadhibou. Leave a Comment
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 dead locusts by sachara
The FAO warned that up to 50 percent of Mauritania's cereal production might be lost after swarms of locusts devoured their way through crops. The Mauritanian government faced a grain deficit of almost 190.000 tonnes during the year ahead. Around 1.6 million hectares of land were infested with the locusts at the height of the crisis in summer 2004.
Not only people lost their food. Also the 17 million camels, cows, sheep and goats, which many nomadic Mauritanians depend on for their livelihood, were under threat. Much of the desert pasture has been picked clean, leaving the nomadic herdsmen with shortages of grazing land for their animals.
The Mauritanian locust control programme moved into top action in October, when western donors brought more spray planes and insecticide. When we were in Mauritania in November most of the swarms had moved to the north into the Sahara desert, far away from the crop growing areas of southern Mauritania.
In the south we saw hardly any locust, only a few trees were covered with the red coloured locusts. In the north along the railway we saw one small swarm of locusts, resembling flying shrimps. Along the road to Nouadhibou we saw the most locusts, all dead problably by insecticide or by exhaustion after they reached the ocean. Leave a Comment
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 by Pierangelo
But for our trip wan't a problem at all. Only in doing the bath on the atlantic ocean I confused the cricket with shrimps :-) Leave a Comment
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 by Pierangelo
construido por una O.N.G de la Región de Murcia
NECESITA
Pediatras, Oftalmólogos, Médicos,
Dentistas y Técnicos de Laboratorio,
para realizar campañas de formación y de tratamiento
de pacientes. La duración de cada campaña
es aproximadamente de 3 semanas.
Alojamiento y comida gratuito.
NECESITAMOS URGENTEMENTE UN ECÓGRAFO Y UN AUTOCLAVE
AYÚDANOS A CONSEGUIRLO Leave a Comment
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 The view towards Nouadhibou
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 by titti
I was walking with a friend in a very lonely place, when I realised that I’ve spent a lot of time walking around alone, in the desert, in darkness, without any feeling of fear.
Don’t travel alone in the desert; but this is just a matter of common sense.
About malaria ask health care in your country before leaving. Vaccination against yellow fever is not mandatory, unless you’re coming from an infected area. Leave a Comment
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No visas machines or posibility of paying at shops. Only in good hotels you can pay with visa.
No health problems except is you go to the south close to Senegal River (paludism or malary vaccums recommended).
Public transport very complicated. It is more recomended to contact a local agency in order to be driven by a good guide.
Do not go alone to the desert. It´s extremely dangerous. Always, as minimum, two 4x4 vehicles, enough water, petrol and spares (including several tyres). However that´s not enough, you must be an expert driver on sand and know orientation techniques (i recommend to get a GPS system and a radio station to use in case of danger). Leave a Comment
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 by catarata
They only travel in the desert two by two, in case of an accident, a puncture, an illness, lack of gasoline or whatever could happen.
If you get lost in the desert, write in big letters a message and you will probably be found. We saw it near Madar, coming from Banc d´Arguin to Nouakchott. A person was 3 days lost because he didn´t follow the guide. They were going with motorbikes. He was alive but he could not have been, Never go without an expert local guide. Now, the one in the left is me, before the accident in the desert. I´ll tell more when I have the picture. Leave a Comment
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No problems encountered when entering in Fall 2000 !
Stay out of Mauretania altogether except:
Good background of survival and own equipment.
Only come if invited by a local resident,preferrably a
Mauretanian citicen.Try to come for business purpose.
NEVER VENTURE ANYWHERE ALONE. Avoid vast east stretch towards Mali, you may disappear !
NEW ALERT: Due to dispute with Senegal over water rights
there is no avenue to enter at all and neither through the
West Sahara. STAY OUT - until advised !
***** CLEAR TO ENTER AGAIN ! ***** Leave a Comment
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