Hello all!
Our overlander offroad trip started in the north of Mauretania: for circa 500 Km we followed the so-called ‚Iron Train Track‘ that does the transport of huge amounts of iron ore from the eastern mines. The corresponding train can have more than 200 coaches, very impressive! After passing by the ‚ Monolithe de Ben Amira‘ we drove further east to the ‚ Richat Structure‘ (the ‚Eye of the Sahara‘) now fighting against real stone deserts, rocks, mountains and problematic paths. There was a lot of sand-shoveling… our record was driving circa 4 Km at one day because we were digging and shoveling all whole time. And it did not make it better when that happens in a sandstorm, a challenge… This made it not always easy to keep good mood in the group.
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That was the real offroad-experience that we planned to have in Mauretania. That was more than interesting and special: to be able to bring the truck through that challenging terrain it was necessary to really improve the driving skills. Much more was needed than only ‚gas and radio button‘, most overlander really improve their driving skills on such a trip. We kept our fingers crossed that the truck will hold, since it was not only a challenge for the drivers, also for the truck-hardware.
Under the line it was a great experience to go ‚the rough way‘ – thanks to Carlos to guide us through that terrain!
Greetings from
Heike & Carsten
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