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chiuzzu81
actifit
3y
Good morning Mauritania
Good morning Mauritania
Good morning Mauritania
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Liketu
4y
West Africa 2022
West Africa 2022
A few thoughts on the results of the trip through Western Sahara to Mauritania, Senegal and the Gambia. Traveling between West African countries by public transport is quite easy (not to be confused with
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Liketu
4y
Mauritanian iron train. Desert train. The longest and heaviest train in the world
Mauritanian iron train. Desert train. The longest and heaviest train in the world
Whatever you call it, this train from Zouerate to Nouadhibou is unmistakable, there are no others in Mauritania. It was I who rode it in a white coat (which, reluctantly, nevertheless threw it away), someone
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Liketu
4y
A bit of UNESCO. Chinguetti
A bit of UNESCO. Chinguetti
Chinguetti has suffered more from time (and sand) than Ouadan. But his mosque is still in operation (due to which, according to Moorish traditions, only a Muslim can get inside) and its minaret, the symbol
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Liketu
4y
Object 180, Ksars (fortified dwellings) in Ouadan, Chinguetti, Tishit and Oualat
Object 180, Ksars (fortified dwellings) in Ouadan, Chinguetti, Tishit and Oualat
Quote from the UNESCO website: "Founded in the 11th-12th centuries to serve caravans crossing the Sahara, these trading and religious centers became important centers of Islamic culture. They managed
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Liketu
4y
Camel market in Nouakchott, Mauritania
Camel market in Nouakchott, Mauritania
Mauritanians not only do not like to get into the camera lens. Many vendors do not allow filming of their camels. Who then, photographed, will buy them. There are thousands of camels in the market. Sold
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Liketu
4y
Fish market in Nouakchott, Mauritania
Fish market in Nouakchott, Mauritania
Travel notes are over, photo sketches remain. They catch fish from painted motor boats, and immediately sell them. Hundreds of kilometers from the coast in the middle of the desert, fish is also sold,
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Liketu
4y
So Mauritanian Sahara
So Mauritanian Sahara
I can praise myself for a well-planned route, and the guide for a good performance. This trip could have been a little cheaper, it could have been much more expensive. Everything was comfortable enough,
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Liketu
4y
Sahara, day 5. Shum - Ben Amera - Atar - Nouakchott
Sahara, day 5. Shum - Ben Amera - Atar - Nouakchott
Final (inshallah) day of the Sahara tour. Long road to the capital. In the morning, the guide unexpectedly asked in detail how we slept and how dinner went. It turned out that the shelter in Noise is his
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Liketu
4y
Sahara, day 4. Chinguetti - Zuerat - train - Noise
Sahara, day 4. Chinguetti - Zuerat - train - Noise
Today is the most important day of the trip. Because either I'm on time for the train, or why was I dragging clothes with me to throw away? However, with a good guide, it is almost impossible to miss the
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Liketu
4y
Sahara, day 3. Ouadan - Chinguetti
Sahara, day 3. Ouadan - Chinguetti
Very easy day, almost no crossings. We started with a tour of the World Heritage site, the fortified old city of Ouadana. What the photos of other travelers did not prepare me for was its size. The city
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Liketu
4y
Sahara, day 2, Oasis Terzhit - Atar - Azugi - Ouadan - Eye of the Sahara
Sahara, day 2, Oasis Terzhit - Atar - Azugi - Ouadan - Eye of the Sahara
As happens in a Muslim village, I woke up with the first muezzins, at 05:40. In the evening conversation, the guide debunked all the myths about Mauritania that we learned from documentaries. Slavery has
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Liketu
4y
The famous mauritanian train
The famous mauritanian train
The famous mauritanian train
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Liketu
4y
Sahara, day 1. Nouakchott - Terjit oasis, 420 km
Sahara, day 1. Nouakchott - Terjit oasis, 420 km
We started our five-day Sahara trip with a short tour of Nouakchott. We stopped at the fish market, then at the camel market. They bought a "travel charter" from some people, without which we
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Liketu
4y
From Nouadhibou to Nouakchott
From Nouadhibou to Nouakchott
There is not much to say about Nouadhiba, except that its name is translated as "den of jackals". The city is located on a narrow peninsula, which is divided in length by the Western Sahara and
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Liketu
4y
Well hello Mauritania. My country number 59
Well hello Mauritania. My country number 59
Details will come later
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Liketu
4y
From Western Sahara to Mauritania by land by public transport
From Western Sahara to Mauritania by land by public transport
SoupraTours runs buses from Moroccan Dakhla to Mauritanian Nouadhibou and Nouakchott. But, unfortunately, not every day. Every day the bus goes from Dakhla to the border Gergerat (at 9 am, 190 dirhams
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Day By Day
4yPublished via Ecency
Happy Mother's Day - Fêtes des mères 2022: May 29 - Arabic-speaking Africans
Happy Mother's Day - Fêtes des mères 2022: May 29 - Arabic-speaking Africans
Mother's Day - Arabic-speaking Africans (عيد الأم) I love you mom (Je t'aime Maman) Source FlagCountry Algeria (Algérie) Libya (Libye) Mauritania (Mauritanie) Morocco (Maroc) Tunisia (Tunisie) Challenge
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ancient
5y
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Atlantis In The Desert - Journey To The Richat Structure (FULL 2019 Documentary)
Atlantis In The Desert - Journey To The Richat Structure (FULL 2019 Documentary)
STOCK UP ON STOREABLE FOODS HERE: GET YOUR APRICOT SEEDS at the life-saving Richardson Nutritional Center HERE: OUR GOGETFUNDING CAMPAIGN: In May of 2019, Josh Sigurdson went searching alongside Anam Paiseanta
darkflame
history
8y
An expedition to find Atlantis p2
An expedition to find Atlantis p2
Update: I found some new pictures! With a sea level rise, this could very likely be the place Plato described as Atlantis. An extremely unique geological formation known as the Richat structure. 'Atlantes'

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