Your complete guide to traveling in Mauritania
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Nouakchott isn't exactly on most backpackers' radar, and that's precisely what makes it brilliant. Straddling the edge of the Sahara where desert meets Atlantic, Mauritania's...
The taxi driver's weathered face creases into a puzzled smile when I tell him my destination. 'Nouadhibou? Pourquoi?' he asks – Why? It's a fair...
Standing at the edge of Port de Pêche as fishermen haul in their morning catch, I couldn't help but think how Nouakchott reminds me of...
The air in Nouakchott hits differently – a peculiar blend of salt from the Atlantic and fine Saharan dust that settles on your skin like...
There's something profoundly intimate about understanding a place through its food—the ingredients that spring from its soil, the techniques shaped by generations of necessity and...
There's something poetic about second acts—both in theater and in life. At 58, trading my corporate marketing desk in Charlotte for a theater intern's notepad...
The air carries a peculiar blend of salt, fish, and diesel as I stand at the edge of Nouadhibou's bustling port. This is Mauritania's second-largest...