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Date de publication : Sun, 07 Sep 2014 12:52:41 -0700
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We stayed at a hotel outside of the main town of Ouadane. It was controlled by a lady described as the chieftain. I didn't know if that was chieftain of the hotel or of Ouadane as a whole. She cooke
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Auteur : ammar01uk
Date de publication : Sun, 07 Sep 2014 12:52:41 -0700
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Alioune, Ahmed and Michal, after a very tiring and hard day out in the desert. We especially gave thanks to Ahmed who had put in a double shift to get us to Guelb er Richat and here.
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I think this is a sand dust plume, lifted up to the sky by strong winds. These dust plumes have a habit of wandering northwards into Europe. In fact there was one in England recently where cars were covered
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Date de publication : Sun, 07 Sep 2014 12:52:42 -0700
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We finally reached the town of Ouadane. The ruins of the fold settlement are a World Heritage site. Here you can see the flag of Mauritania flying in the breeze.
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Auteur : M1key.me
Date de publication : Wed, 30 Jul 2014 14:36:40 -0700
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The town was empty, but not completely. In one of those edifices I found a madrasa (or madhara), a Quranic school, with lots of children huddled together in a small space, learning the Quran by heart, but
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Date de publication : Wed, 30 Jul 2014 14:36:40 -0700
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The tower is probably the most often photographed object in this UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Date de publication : Tue, 29 Jul 2014 13:06:37 -0700
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Located on the edge of the Adrar plateau, Ouadane is now home to only 20 to 30 families. There is an Arab saying: no one lives in the Sahara because they want to. Given how harsh life in the desert is, it doe
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