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Western Sahara Recce, Morocco, February 2010
Remote and certainly empty but with some great scenery and driving. We only scratched the surface on our first trip and there's a lot more to see here, some long days but some surprises such as the massive Sabkhat Aridal with its fossil coral beds and petrified forest. We found flint tools and ostrich shells left by previous travelers -thousands of years before us, migrating birds from Africa on their own expedition back to a European summer, ducks and geese resting on desert pools and some stunning gorges in the Anti Atlas. Add some great beach drives, flamingo's and turtles and, actually, there was a lot to see. Will we be back ? ..... you bet, don't miss out in 2011.
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Some incredible folded strata in the
Anti Atlas
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A wet spot in the oued as we climb up after our nights camp |
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Well, you have to an icelolly at the beach, dont you! |
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Phil driving the "Dark Side" on Plage Blanche |
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At the edge of Africa near Boujdour, next stop America |
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Long climb up to the plateaux from the palm gardens in the gorges |
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More folded strata, at the entrance to the Gorges d'Ait-Mansour |
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Down in the Gorge en route to Timkyet |
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Sun doesn't even get down here for most of the day |
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This is it - the border of Morocco and Western Sahara |
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A fast section south of Assa |
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Climbing down from the Krab Hawwa to the flats below |
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Billiard table smooth - As Saquia Al Hamra |
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Dry now but impassable after rain |
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Phil speeding along with mirages in the background |
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Climbing out of Sebkhat Amasin |
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This pool of water is a magnet for migrating birds |
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Looking out across Sabkhat Aridal |
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Dropping down from Garet Tugdame into the oued |
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Driving onto Plage Blanche below the fort at Aoreora |
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Classic beach drive - Plage Blanche, from the wing mirror |
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View from the edge of
Sabkhat Bougarba |
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Coral beds and fossils
in Sabkhat Aridal |
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Plage Blanche
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