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Overland Trip To Senagal 2004, Day 8: Atar

"The main road in Atâr"

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Mauritania Picture by Thomas Morgan
Travel story: Overland Trip To Senagal 2004, Day 8: Atar

The train was a test of endurance I could never have imagined. Sitting in a metal cargo box, no roof, no seats, no protection. Just ten hours of monotonous landscape, bumy arduous travel and, most challenging of all, the swirling, choking blanket of dust that layered us throughout the entire journey. It caked our clothes, stiffened our hair to cardboard and forced us to sit, faces covered for almost the entire journey. Heads bowed, we make it to Choûm at 1am. The train journey is a... More

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