We left our campsite the next morning and were just on the outskirts of Nouakchott when our warning lights showed that the engine was…
Nouakchott
Mauritania gained its independence from France in 1960 and was now an Islamic republic. Alcohol was totally prohibited throughout the country (gulp!). We…
Crossing The Border
The first day after leaving Dakhla we crossed the Tropic of Cancer where there was a small roadside sign with a few tourists taking…
Dragon Island
The high spot of our stay in Dakhla was a morning’s sail on a 35 foot catamaran run by Sahara Sailing, owned by an…
Western Sahara
We drove south into Western Sahara, a territory that Morocco claimed was theirs but the indigenous Sahrawi people were fighting for their independence -…
Tan-Tan Plage (El Ouatia)
El Ouatia was a major fishing port on the Atlantic coast 10 miles west of the town of Tan-Tan. Each day a man visited…
The Sahara
We were at 2,000 feet above sea level and all around us were rocky plains with mountains in the distance - just 20% of…
Tony’s Muffler
We needed a welding repair on the truck’s stainless steel exhaust muffler. The unwieldy and heavy component was only accessible from under the truck.…
Camping Auberge Palmeraie Amezrou
Himi and his family lived in the village of Amezrou just south the town of of Zagora on the edge of the Sahara. He…