Mauritania

I visited Mauritania on my trip across the Sahara Desert following the Atlantic route south from Morocco and Western Sahara in December 2004.

Arriving in Nouadhibou
The iron ore train
Atar
Chinguetti & Ouadane
Christmas at Terjit Oasis

Atar
Nouakchott

Nouadhibou
Chinguetti
Ouadane
Atar & Terjit

Map of Mauritania

Camel

Video Menu - 4 videos

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Video Gallery

	The Iron Ore train arriving at the station at Nouadhibou, one of the worlds longest trains averaging 2.5kms in length. The passenger wagon is coupled right at the back of the train in front of the two brake wagons. Length: 0.30' File Size: 4.2mb
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	The single passenger wagon at the back of the train and the chaos of boarding as soon as the train squeals to a halt in the desert. Length: 0.15' File Size: 3.5mb
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	The small but busy local market in Chinguetti. Everyone is crowding around the butchers stall where you can hear a camel being chopped up. Looks like camel stew for dinner again ! Length: 0.14' File Size: 3.6mb
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	Did someone say tea? The elaborate tea making ceremony, a daily part of life wherever you are in Mauritania. In this case we were out in the middle of the desert. Someone pass the biscuits please. Length: 0.32' File Size: 7.7mb
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