Mauritania: Nouakchott to Atar

Posted on Wednesday, 25 November 2009 by robjkentjr

After the worst border crossing of our trip, which you can read about in Rasa’s Blog, we truly arrived in the Sahara Desert.  We made a quick stop in Nouakchott, the capital, to restock and then headed deep into the desert to Atar.
The local fishing fleet, which stretches the entire reach of the beach.
Keeping the fish fresh.  Some of the bigger fish in this market are bought and then shipped up to by truck.
This guy was exhausted and took a nap in the fishing nets.
A mosque set against a clear blue sky.
The entire floor here is just sand so instead of trying to build around it, why not use it as part of the theme?
The next day we went inland and North to Atar.  After arriving that night we woke to this over the town.
Instead of pitching our broken tent (a pole snapped and the zipper doesn’t work because of sand) we started sleeping in khaimas.
We were to be back in North Africa with the famous Arab hospitality that we grew to love in the Middle East.  Our next destinations are the small outposts of Chinguetti and Ouadane and more sand (the country is one big sandbox).

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