The 10-minute canoe trip (on the left) from Rosso (Senegal) to Rosso (Mauritania)



A couple of views on our 3-hour taxi ride from the border to the capital city Nouakchott

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Nouakchott



The streets



The souk (market)












Two street vendors from Senegal












One of the many beautiful round abouts in the city






A phone card vendor on the road side (photo on the left)



The fish market


Several beautiful sights during our 9-hour taxi ride heading north from Nouakchott to Nouadhibou:

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Nouadhibou















The Zouerat to Nouadhibou iron-ore train (on the right) is the longest in the world - 2.3 km long



There are dozens of car wrecks (on the right) due to land mines on the border from Mauritania to Western Sahara