Backpacking in Mauritania🇲🇷: Riding The Iron Ore Train From Choum to Nouadhibou

“Runaway train never going back. Wrong way on a one way track” – Soul Asylum. Having watched many Michael Palin documentaries down the years, I always envied his journeys. He did them in mostly pre-internet days. Back thence, visas were tough and we needed to be embassy-loyal. Booking accommodation could, at best, be organised by Read more about Backpacking in Mauritania🇲🇷: Riding The Iron Ore Train From Choum to Nouadhibou[…]

How to get a Mauritania Visa On Arrival At Noukachott International Airport

How to get a Mauritania🇲🇷 Visa On Arrival At Nouakchott International Airport

  My arrival into Mauritania in July 2022 was a completely spontaneous accident, it was another completely wacaday journey for me. I was supposed to be in Poland. But my lifestyle has never been predictable or obvious. Here I was in The Sahara Desert again. This defied belief yet one more time, and proof that Read more about How to get a Mauritania🇲🇷 Visa On Arrival At Nouakchott International Airport[…]