Trip to Mauritânia in February 2009.
Trip to Mauritania (for the first time) in February 2009, with two 4x4 and respective drivers:
Nacho (friend from Madrid) in a Nissan Terrano II Long and me in a Land Rover Defender 90 HTV.
Here is the accounting of the expenses made by Nacho and the track subdived in two maps for better view.
Total Kms in África: 7173,82 km
Fuel spent: 1010,18 lts
Fuel Total cost: 499,19 €
Average 14,08 lts/100km
Average cost 0,07 €/km
Ferry boat: 238,00 €
tolls: 23,00 €
Visa in border (15 days): 10,00 €
Mauritania vehicule assurance (10 days): 20,00 €
Ticket entrance on Banc de Arguin: 7,50 €
Euro Exchange (aprox.): 10,85 Dirham / 320 Ouguilla
Day 1
31 January: from Algeciras to Marrakech
http://picasaweb.google.com/Barros.Baptista2/Mauritania20091
Leaving Algeciras
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bROK4tkdGl8
Approaching Ceuta
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYBSm-uwjKU
Day 2
01 February: from Marrakech to Sidi Ifni
http://picasaweb.google.com/Barros.Baptista2/Mauritania20092
Coast village before arriving at Sidi Ifni
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZWEhulyY0c
The coast before arriving at Sidi Ifni
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ4rQNNL6Tw
The Mosque of Sidi Ifni
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0hzn-JNPCg
Arriving to Sidi Ifni sea side
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9KOZgOjM1Q
Camping Bungalows El Barco of Sidi Ifni
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNZm-X1lRVo
Day 3
02 February: from Sidi Ifni to Tarfaya
http://picasaweb.google.com/Barros.Baptista2/Mauritania20093
Sidi Ifni beach
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2FrV39R8ko
Ancien Spansih mansion in Sidi Ifni
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKqYkHBCl48
Sea port of Sidi Ifni
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgEZrjNDS8E
A track in schist from Sidi Ifni to Fort Bou-Jerif
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiGNKoGbe1k
Oued Noun near Fort Bou-Jerif
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BA-nXCkd6ho
The very nice Fort Bou-Jerif
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gkODb96rjU
Arriving at Fort Bou-Jerif hotel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgV8aRPv4NI
Fort Bou-Jerif hotel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S60Om9cOkSQ
At the entrance of TAN-TAN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jWZJHceXJU
Day 4
3 Frbruary: From Tarfaya to Dakla
http://picasaweb.google.com/Barros.Baptista2/Mauritania20094
Cape Boujdour
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYzMsMo1BMI
In the peninsula, Dakla at the bottom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aI4icMZk_kk
Day 5
4 February
From Dakla to Barbas
http://picasaweb.google.com/Barros.Baptista2/Mauritania20095
day 6
5 February: From Barbas (Moroc) to Bou Lanoua (Mauritania – beginning of the train track)
http://picasaweb.google.com/Barros.Baptista2/Mauritania20096
Arriving to Mauritania's border
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53xLKiyF9Wk
Passing by Bou Lanoua
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFrL3A04Njk
Approaching the train track
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIOUUcQqkZc
Beginning of the train track
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCNr00jQfIk
Arrinving to the rest place (train track) for the dinner and dreams
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-U3kkVn1Nc4
“hearing” the silence after the sunset and before the dinner
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyacmW6ylGU
Dinner: Codfish at spanish way forcelebrate the entrance in Mauritania
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hj2LtQUGwLo
Day 7
6 February: From Bou Lanoua (Mauritania – beginning of the train track) to half way of Choum
http://picasaweb.google.com/Barros.Baptista2/Mauritania20097
While sleeping a train passes by
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53dqLbXmrYU
A Train machine that controls the quality of the line
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnE0tUCc3Kk
Small trainn takes the direction of the mine near Fderik.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKBhzdSNgCo
Ant in the desert
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ChbRrCG0_I
On the train track.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAIFrvub_uU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22tge3kD7cg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZPbhqe-bb0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPe5g6Dzqls
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAySTLwJ84g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03FOY6Nsmoo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxYAngrablM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MvGBv9UxXs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHRdh3-3UKI
Day 8
7 February: From half wayChoum to Atar on the base of Adrar
http://picasaweb.google.com/Barros.Baptista2/Mauritania20098
Monolith Ben Amera on the train track
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppL9xsAUGDw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR0iY4VfK_Y
Dromedary on the train track
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thYG3uAGpEc
Train track near Choum
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOKd6M3510k
End of train track. deginning of the track to Atar with adrar at the bottom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKa52Z4bCmE
At half way between Choun and Atar with the adrar at the bottom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jhmt9ZwByfM
The adrar seen near Atar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLNguU02Hm0
Day 9
8 Frbruary: Atar, Ouadane and arrival at Chinguetti
http://picasaweb.google.com/Barros.Baptista2/Mauritania20099
In Atar a donkey is going to fill the fuel tank
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKMwQDvoWOs
A family house in Atar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNWNdaq8oT8
The ground of a family house in Atar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cfpub4pPOGI
Business street in the center of Atar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRgFEAiKpUU
Leaving Atar to Ouadane and rising the adrar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zp3BqivMTBw
French tourists getting the adrar direction
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKvUEQFGh-o
Landscapr from atar in Adrar direction
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-i_laZKx7k
Rising the Adrar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRs8Pn-qNFc
Approaching Ouadane
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGtkZDlqvnY
One way for visiting Ouadane and surroundings.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HaG9ETbb7A
Ruins of the medieval town of Ouadane
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3UNVTJcTS0
One polyvalent mechanician in Ouadane
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0TZ3dv9j4Y
Entrance in Chinguetti
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8oxITqGhBc
In Chinguetti: passing from the new city to the older one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lktmrl8z-eQ
The Auberge “Maure Bleau” in Chinguetti.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNFIzWM2X18
Day 10
9 February: Chinguetti, an oásis on the way to Terjit, Terjit e Akjoujt.
http://picasaweb.google.com/Barros.Baptista2/Mauritania200910
Dawn at Chinguetti. At east the sun is going to wake up. At west the moon is going to fall asleep
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7QTrU_u6IE
Mosque of Chinguetti
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIdTr0fhuzQ
Going to a private library in Chinguetti
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65H6uOQKN7s
Visiting a private library in Chinguetti
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YwXyQYlXAU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMVVGVEiCOM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vY5vba3vtsA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2YW_xvtXkU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9Mynno1V2U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKeS6QVu2CQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZiwEAa64go
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuYUNb-e9RM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVCpV0_jDus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OghrOHY-9jA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUTTSWuVOcg
Streets and graphism in Chinguetti
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMlxpDEFRrI
In Chinguetti shall we buy souvenirs ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yga5e0zLa8E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9R21-ShwHQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9J8Kr9fP8U
An oásis before Terjit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fs7iN2exeH8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63t-vI-9j1s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hf-fNHHV0oM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rm7bxUxlsA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFrAnZU4EX4
Descending the adrar on the way to Terjit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gjND1xxyfU
Entrance in Terjit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vexy7_z-v80
On the beatifull oasis of Terjit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aU0m5LMhCU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tD5jj2LSR4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6NDF6UWnHE
From Terjit to Atar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-N1JPNroqg
In Akjout, before eating the roast of a little she-goat we do wash the hands
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_NnPn1gvCw
Cutin up the little ashe-goat in Akjoujt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEvORfd-6uc
After tasting the meat in Akjoujt all wash the hands
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzsIgon1EJo
Day 11
10 February: From Akjout to Banc D’Argin by Bennichchab e Tiouilit
http://picasaweb.google.com/Barros.Baptista2/Mauritania200911
From the home of the Mauritain in Akjouj to the auto oarking of the Fatima Hotel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KigKW1bJw6c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ja13o61YvQ
Donkies in the desert near Akjoujt b
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIZXpJmOSEk
Desert of Akjoujt to Tiouilit by Bennichchab
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_EjunB21-8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4a8GG2sr0ss
Sand on the air
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whYguBLaG0I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTwiWbZqQdQ
Camels near a water well on the desert from Akjoujt to Tiouilit by Bennichchab
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGSMD69KmRE
Defender in autonomy on the desert
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkRqT4ia3do
Day 12
11 February: From Banc D’Arguin to Nouadhibou
http://picasaweb.google.com/Barros.Baptista2/Mauritania200912
Rising sun in Banc D’Arguin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hevs6K1qYdk
In Banc D´Arguin .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8FGoyPwC_8
Tracks in Banc D´Arguin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UviSsQXHIys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rorXUsBUG4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8_Lq3coguw
Cape Tafarit in Banc D´ Arguin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg-TbH2hPIY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJFO4Mm_mWI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlzXQRc7nGQ
Beach in Cape Tafarit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuKIbH8srXw
Birds ont he beach of cape Tafarit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykyAgCS1KUs
Great mollusc in the beach of cape Tafarit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNscfzHp5Ew
Soft sand of salt marshes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V95cBL8c3SU
Near Nouadhibou
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFNgNNWD_ow
Day 13
12 February: From Nouadhibou to Dakla
http://picasaweb.google.com/Barros.Baptista2/Mauritania200913
Between the bordes of Mauritania and Moroc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Un5G8yQtvNQ
Coffee near the road on way to Dakla
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-xPXhk8DfU
At the bottom left the peninsula of Dakla 35 km long roughly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cwuaaPIS8Q
Entering the peninsula on way to Dakla
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuF4s8g7HkI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYZXNZgEmu0
Entrance in Dakla
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIeREmZlfDk
Day 14
13 February: On the beatifull town of Dakla, one option to live with quality
http://picasaweb.google.com/Barros.Baptista2/Mauritania200914
The morning in Dakla
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylImyNWf_7s
Typical restaurant in Dakla
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STO88tfxu_k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC0YzQRojhE
Learning in a crèche at Dakla
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBJqF4RdtSw
A butchery in Dakla
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=557QV4RFx_M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9pW9FGHWmA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvBCY6YkJIw
Repair-shop street in Dakla
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9jGbAWsCbI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KsKXgQp3z4
Market-place in Dakla
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKtUx9vJEHU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn5Q4SKqB1M
Shoeshiner in Dakla
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3k-tkSbj2rg
Camel pricks in Dakla
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwPK0SZf-us
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd7ng8Eaqa0
Square in Dakla
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_gTzRmwKEA
Hotel Regency in Dakla and landscape
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ONrU45wIWg
Day 15
14 February: Dakla, Boujadour and sleeping in Ksar Tafnidilt
Leaving Dakla
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJmC3lgoUoY
Pushing a truck between Dakla and Boujadour
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jhVVFcluA0
Transport van between Dakla e Boujadour
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Rbb5U_S42o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuDYM4f9ugo
Cape Boujadour bottom left
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuDYM4f9ugo
The beach at Cape Boujadour
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8k1FP1B3QJY
Crossing the bridge over the Oued with Laayoune on the bottom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnKRBWeQx30
Day 16
15 February: From Ksar Tafnidilt to Taghazoute
http://picasaweb.google.com/Barros.Baptista2/Mauritania200916
Ksar Tafnidilt near Tan Tan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5jJJrTrwv0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buDF4Uez-aM
From Tafnidilt to Cape Draa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4sv8jx3gq0
Oued Draa end on the sea
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5glP3Sw-X0
Cape Draa between Oued Draa and Aoreora
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHrUtQRSebY
Footsteps of a fisherman between Cape Draa e Aoreora
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1oKgY7olSI
Old fort not preserved in Aoreora
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOBkaG3U5cc
Plage Blanche and Aoreora
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQjBE6UWKck
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5x3w3vOcsw
Fishermen in Aoreora
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cM0NrswlfBs
Oued and Plage Blanche
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzkWPsgyQ_M
Bouizakarn in direction to Tiznit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOucNNhXTp4
Bouizakarn
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN3oQgYP0-4
Sidibibi before Agadir
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNF-asgBfb4
Day 17
16 February: From Taghazoute to Essaouira and Marrakech
http://picasaweb.google.com/Barros.Baptista2/Mauritania200917
Morning in Taghazoute
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdujRJkUzLE
Typical house in Taghazoute
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybTyrDIS6kc
Crossing a village between Taghazoute and Agadir
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy0v4z7mqqM
Entering in Essaouira
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kW1jz34dFds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nprcn2o6v10
Essaouira: punishing a forbidden parking
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FV2hcd_bhys
Essaouira: one sea-gull
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJ_HFPjKwVc
Sea-gulls in Essaouira
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9arcavPURu8
Essaouira: Fishing harbour
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghI8PqXt_0o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-qGjf11EUs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vbmpjHRSCU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCB5cztGSto
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jx7iE7EOw8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN1GheJwurI
Essaouira: bay
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeWZd_Hy1gg
Essaouira: Medina
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHoVCp3qkiA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH_bH-wbgbY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_9DkDjk12g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVywXnQfaNE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyat3qgv_lw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGVXsLqPqfA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_CyP9Pa3bc
Essauoira: Sea food
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VycrFJo0Ntc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FK8Z3ydBsTk
Essaouira: Landscape
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wC_ly9b8mMU
Essaouira: Foto moving
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0NHLE0oU9M
Day 18
17 February: From Marrakech to Fes
http://picasaweb.google.com/Barros.Baptista2/Mauritania200918
Day 19
18 February from Fes to Algeciras
http://picasaweb.google.com/Barros.Baptista2/Mauritania200919
Fez: Taxi from parking to Medina West entrance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMXAmyv4tj0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBRbKxIR5Qc
Fez Medina: West entrance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CAdxHbmOQY
Fez Medina
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYOMYr_t-O4
Fez Medina: Big house
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhtxWloQN_s
Fez Medina
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj-3Pr8zCXI
Fez Medina: Crèche
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaMSLttUkGU
Fez Medina
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46sm-mlAlDk
Fez Medina : Craftsmen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAeO69lLb_0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nI9iVHg8Jwo
Fez Medina
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFWTYiVl7-Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhhq9OGNGpQ
Fez Medina: Repairing the floor in the Mosque
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmAqs39SdWs
Fez Medina: Transit discussion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJiG6fVKUnk
Fez Medina: Craftsmen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2-gQSGiG9o
Fez Medina
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jrRG5_L8rw
Fez Medina: South entrance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09xowsmXmKk
Fez Medina: Craftsmen 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoGyRYlwsc4
Fez Medina: She-mule on the ground and a dog on the roof
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIzh1JtTvbg
Fez Medina: South Entrance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7saZR1ESiE
Fez: Taxi from Medina to the parking
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmPWcu5r7Bk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwBk70E0UE4
Fez: Leaving
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnhUlmCVPRY
From Fez to Ceuta
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3K8Kxq1VDlw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EhM3WUJcc0
From Fez toCeuta: The Rift
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZQ0YFMRvns
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYGRIH4Ihvw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXOaN7L9Qug