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Some Websites

Tuesday, November 7th, 2006

Here are some sites of people I’ve met recently. I should have done this long ago, so I’ll try to dig some more out of my backpack – when I get around to it. Or if you read this, email me with your website again.

Now that I’m actually checking my pockets, I realise that I misplaced a couple of notes. Anyways, I put some more up as I get them.

Back from the Desert

Monday, November 6th, 2006

Okay, so I’m back from the desert. I went to Atar, Oudane, Chinguitti and Tirjit. I’ll make my posts look like I posted them at the time I was in those places so look back through my posts.

Through a combination of factors, I had no internet or cellphone connection while I was there (mainly because there isn’t any electricity except for Atar) so it a feels a bit like I was cut off for quite a bit. Anyway, check my pictures and I’m off to write posts…

Tirjit

Saturday, November 4th, 2006

If you had an idea of an oasis in your head when you were a kid, Tirjit is the closest I’ve seen. Set in between mountains, there is a little stream, a shallow natural pool and also a small swimming pool.

I met up with two Swiss German guys who had all the camping equipment so we made our own food. (Actually most of you who know me will know they mostly cooked) In the afternoons we would go down to the tiny village and spend time with the people as we tried to figure out what to make from the almost no variety of products in the little shops.

Chinguitti

Thursday, November 2nd, 2006

Apparently there is some Islamic city league that I’m not aware of because Chinguitti is ranked 7th in the world. Positions 5 and 6 are up for grabs but 7th is theirs. I had a great time in Chinguitti staying in the old city, hanging out with people, sleeping on the roof, watching the stars, walking in the desert.

Chinguitti also has some 12 Islamic librairies from the 8th century or so and I went to all of one. Anyway the bra there had a clipping from an South African Muslim Views and hugged me like a brother. Oddly enough it wasn’t that freaky and pretty cool. Great people in Chinguitti. I kept getting invited out for tea and meals. Most touristic village in Mauritania but still has that old school vibe.