Nouakchott, Mauritania

Stray Birds

Some thoughts from Rabindranath Tagore's Stray Birds on a hot Saharan day: When I travelled to here and to there, I was tired of thee, O Road, but now when thou leadest me to everywhere I am wedded to thee in love. What you are you do not see, what you see is your shadow. My wishes are...

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afrikawasbeer on October 19, 2009 from Nouakchott, Mauritania

from the travel blog: Traveling Africa Overland

Mauritania

The last 2 nights we spent in Nouadhibou. We met Mahoudi last night and he was very entertaining. Iak and Niell wanted to try out camel meat and he said that he will be glad to make it for us. So we buy camel rump and cook it with onions in its own juices. This is then ate with bread - and what...

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afrikawasbeer on October 17, 2009 from Nouakchott, Mauritania

from the travel blog: Traveling Africa Overland

What a let down.

We arrived in Nouakchott in the dead of night. The journey was long but the roads looked captivating with the sand blowing in a sea of waves across the tarmac. We almost ran over a camel earlier on during the day so we were keeping our eyes peeled there weren't any ready to jump out and surprise...

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Kat and Ben on July 5, 2009 from Nouakchott, Mauritania

from the travel blog: Kat & Ben's World Adventure

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