Posts tagged ‘nomad’

Driving through South Mauritania and spend the night with some saharan nomads


On my way to the north, driving back home, I’ve got 5 days left and 9000km to drive

Direction Nioro, North-East Mali

Very useful tool: The compressor.
My spare tire had to be inflated first.

Hitting 118000km

Broken tyre this time.
It’s sometimes difficult where to place the jack. I collected some stones to place the jack on so I could lift the car, instead of the jack digging itself in.

Entering the real Sahara again

Saharagelber in the desert

Baobab tree

Driving to Mauritania, close to Nioro

Sign close to the Mauritanian border

Main road to Aayoun El Atrous (Mauritania)
Driving and driving…. and driving.

Sahara sunset

Bush camping with the Saharan nomads.
I asked some nomads if it was okay I stayed with them, they were okay with that. That evening I sat with them but we couldn’t exchange any words, they didn’t speak french but only their local language.

Cooking gear

Relaxing and enjoying freedom

Sand, sand, sand!


Drinking strong tea

The nomad daughter, she just came back from a 3 days walk with their cattle through the Sahara

The pretty daughter of the family.

Living a primitive and sometimes hard life, but they like it all the best

Beautiful young lady in the Sahara, north of Tombouctou

2wd in soft sand in the Sahara

Unbelievable, going upwards in soft sand!
I couldn’t imagine so much is possible with only a rear wheel drive by deflating the tyres a bit (to 1 bar)

Driving the Saharagelber through the Sahara

Hooaaay!

Tombouctou town

Tombouctou library

Mosque

Isn’t she sweet?

Beautiful door in Tombouctou town

Sandy streets in Tombouctou

How a Land Rover ends up sometimes

Market stall in Tombouctou

Entrance gate of Tombouctou

The trustworthy W123

Ploughing through deep sand

Ploughing through deep sand..
Coming from Tombouctou you have to drive on this dyke, where deep tracks of other vehicles make it hard to cross. People around were amazed this ‘petite voiture’ made it through the terrain.

Gaining enough speed is the trick to go through it as is deflating the tyres a bit

Lost some speed but the Benz still goes on

The last metres and… We did it!

I think it can’t get dirtier

Sweet and healthy donkeys in the Sahara