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"There is nothing more powerful than an idea whose time has come." - Victor Hugo.

"What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it, to tell the tale." Living to Tell the Tale - Gabriel García Márquez.

"They never taught wandering in any school I attended. ... they never taught the art of writing a book, either. It's all so mysterious."
"Wandering is an art in itself. Wandering and writing don't mix"
"Writing demands commitment and if one thing your wanderer is allergic to is that very quality of commitment, for once one is committed he runs that very risk of failure ..." Wanderer - Sterling Hayden.

"Photography enables you to grasp a place first time round. ... Photography is a means of exploration, it's a vital part of travel, almost as essential as a car or a plane. " - Wim Wenders.

"The worst prejudice we acquire during our youth is the idea that life is serious. Children have the right instincts: they know that life is not serious, and treat it as a game..." , Egon Friedell.

"How far you gonna go. Before you lose your way back home" - Tryin' To Throw Your Arms Around The World, Achtung Baby, U2.

"If you want to be a hero well just follow me." - Working Class Hero, John Lennon.

"When I think of all the things I have done, I know that it's only just begun." - I love you, Lou Reed.

"One does not escape the Sahara - the Sahara let's you go or not" - Touareg.

"Planet earth is blue and there`s nothing I can do" - This is Ground Control to Major Tom, David Bowie.

"Glory for the crazy people/in this stupid world" - Ahmed Fouad Negm.

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Honneur, Fraternité, Justice.

Map: Mauritania.

Colors of Mauritanian Highlights.

Pictures link to stories!

Me in Mauritania.
Route d'Espoir, Sep 2007.
Camel rider.
Friendly camel rider, wants to buy my MB 307, Sep 2007.
Green desert mountains, flooded desert.
Green desert mountains, Route d'Espoir, Sep 2007.
Isabel Fiadeiro, exhibition.
Isabel Fiadeiro exhibition, Nouakchott, Nov 2006.
Isabel Fiadeiro, exhibition.
Isabel Fiadeiro exhibition, Nouakchott, Nov 2006.
Sand storms, road to Mali.
Sand storms, Harmattan, road to Mali, Jul 2006.
Guelb el Makhsor
Guelb el Makhsor.
A Caravan
A caravan.
Camels
Camels.
Ahmad Al Mahmoud Ben Chinguetti
Bedouin girl.
Bedouin girl.
Ahmad Al Mahmoud Ben Chinguetti.
Yetma
Yetma, tea in Guelb Er Richat.
desert untouched Over all the desert untouched.
Fallen down Land Rover Fallen down Land Rover.
Hasna on snow board At night two vans in the dunes near the beach.
Hasna on snow board On snow board in the dunes.
Cap Blanche, stranded ship Cap Blanche, Nouadhibou.
Desert and Rain Nouadhibou to Nouakchott, desert and rain.

Subsequently we get through here again and again through Mauritania.

First time we spend nearly 2 month in Mauritania.

Else

  • Links - gathered while in the country.

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Highlights. Images are linked to the story behind.

Mauritania desert mountain range, Green grass, Sahel rainy season.
Green Grass of the Mauri desert. Sep 2007.
Isabelle Fiadeiro, Nouakchott Nov 2006.
Isabel Fiadeiro, Nouakchott Nov 2006.
St.Louis to Atar, Mauritania.
Beach and Dunes, Mauritania, Dec2005.
Western Sahara trip, the Tan-Tan page
Nouadhibou, Mauritania. Sep2005.

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