Category: Mauritania

Country number two! Mauritania, I hardly know you. 5

Into Senegal without a Carnet

The largest border crossing from Mauritania to Senegal at Rosso is commonly called the “Worst Border in Africa”. Horror stories abound of hours spent paying hundreds of euros in bribes, only to move onto...

Making tracks in the Mauritanian sand 10

Across Mauritania

After a lot of back and forward, I decide I will not explore Mauritania. The distances are vast, and I’m not certain I will be able to buy gas in the remote areas of...

At the Mauritania border, having just got through. An official yelled at me for taking this photo 17

Through A Minefield Into Mauritania

Driving through an active minefield is not something I’m looking forward to. I would go another way if I could, the problem is there simply is no other way to drive from Morocco/The Western...