Mauritania (western Adrar) - February 2003
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Apart from wind and sand (Mauritania has both in large quantities) the most remarkable thing with this desert is its variety. Large ergs with dunes as far as the eye can see, rocky plateaus, reliefs softened by erosion, carefuly kept oases, sparse acacia forests, grass tufts, remnants of prehistoric civilization : you don't get bored a single second. Even the weather can add to this diversity : sand winds, cloudy skies, blue ones, cold or heat and even ... rain, the mauritanian desert will allways surprise you. The trail we followed in mauritanian western Adrar is not a classic one. I took these nice pictures along the path hoping they will make you want to see this place. |
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Photo galleries
You can see the photo gallery of the trek on this site.
You will need Adobe Flash Player to see this gallery. The lower right button of the gallery navigation bar will allow you to see the page full screen with a larger image size. Click on an image to see it with full screen size.
An HTML photo gallery is available if you don't have Adobe Flash Player.
You can also see the trek photos on Flickr. You will find there pictures in their original size, technical informations about them and the place where these pictures were taken. You can leave comments and see the pictures as a slideshow (if you have Adobe Flash Player installed).
Maps
Thanks to Google Maps, you will see below the trek map.
Click on "View Larger Map" to see a full screen map and to be able to load it in Google Earth and see a 3D view. The trek trace you see is not coming from a GPS, so do not try to use the coordinates to perform some actual navigation.
If you can't see the above map, here is an image :
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