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Road to Nouadhibou-Mauritania

To Nouadhibou at 130 km/hr!

More road through the desert.

Succulent shrub on road to Nouadhibou, slowly getting buried in the sand.

John Mejia and the sand dunes, counting the grains...

Camels at home in the desert.

John Mejia chasing camels, to no avail.

A Bedouin shepherd.

Pushing our car out of the sand.

Camel thorn acacia—the main/only tree in this area.

Camels eating... naturally enough... Camel-Thorn acacia.

Bedouin tents in the desert—note the Land Rover nearby.

Closer view of Bedouins and their tent.

Camel crossing—they are a lot bigger than deer...

Camels forever... there are many, many of them in Mauritania.