Day 14
Fri 13th
Mauritania
Atar to Nouakchott
Today’s distance 486km
Sleeping Campsite
Mileage 69477
Car Managing well! bent rear arm and still no fuel gauge
Punctures today 1 Total 6
Another day of tarmac today and would you believe we got another puncture! Other than this the day went well. When we arrived at the capital Nouakchott it was dark and really busy on the roads. They say London’s traffic is bad, that’s nothing compared to Africa! It was a free for all and you really have to push your way in to get anywhere. There was a man in a fluorescent jacket who its assumed was a traffic warden but this was debatable! The cars in Mauritania are not dissimilar to what we would see in a scrap yard, they drive with no lights as they are smashed, bucked wheels and dents all over, in fact the only thing that seemed to work on ever car was their horns! Everyone beeps at everyone, often it seems for no reason? We had to quickly adapt in order to get anywhere! It was crazy but extremely good fun!