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Archive for April, 2013
A desert on the coast
Posted on April 30, 2013 | 1 CommentThe temperatures are decent in the morning and I will be able to start with pleasant kilometers. Once the sun is hitting my bike and panniers, right above my head, […]On the tracks of Serigne Touba
Posted on April 27, 2013 | No CommentsAfter saying goodbye to the people from the Thiagar rice company who helped me, I finish the last 4 km of piste to find the asphalt again in Rosso Senegal. […]Saint-Louis and the birds of Djoudj
Posted on April 25, 2013 | 3 CommentsAfter a couple of days resting in Saint-Louis, under no rush of any visa since Senegal, like Morocco, allows me to stay for 3 months, I can head to Dakar. […]The road to Diama
Posted on April 16, 2013 | 3 CommentsIn order to leave Nouakchott without the traffic, where the taxis stop anywhere and overtake from both sides, I head directly to the coast from the Auberge Sahara and take […]Food and water to cycle across the Sahara desert
Posted on April 13, 2013 | 11 CommentsBefore starting cycling this very long road of 2000 kilometers between Guelmim, the gate of the Sahara in the north, and Nouakchott in Mauritania, I wanted to know if I […]Nouadhibou to Nouakchott, the Mauritanian desert
Posted on April 10, 2013 | 9 CommentsMy initial plan for leaving Nouadhibou was to take the train until Choum, then a truck until Atar, then the desert road until Nouakchott. There are two desert roads: from […]Nouadhibou
Posted on April 7, 2013 | 5 CommentsThe power is down also in the morning, so I must skip the shower again. The whole city being deprived of electricity also means that no internet café will be […]From Morocco to Mauritania
Posted on April 4, 2013 | 19 CommentsIn the morning, the strong wind pushes me quickly through the last 35 kilometers until the border. After 2400 kilometers cycled in Morocco and 1400 km in Western Sahara, I […]8000 KM !
Posted on April 3, 2013 | 1 CommentNot too long after the previous kilomilestone, I reached yesterday the 8000 km mark between Nouakchott and Tiguent, on my way to the border with Senegal. The Sahara is ending […]Until the south of the Western Sahara
Posted on April 1, 2013 | 3 CommentsWhen leaving Ali, Dakhla, and the good times behind, I make a detour through the south of the city and the bike shops. I have now 3 “cuts” on the […]