Eastbound to Agdz: the 'broken down' car trick
One guy on the first tour told me about getting scammed on the Tazenakht to Agdz road when he came here, back in 2010 on his 1150.
He gave the guy a lift to Tamnougalte to get help, got a meal but eventually got persuaded to buy a carpet too. Video'd the whole thing on youtube.
Quite an elaborate carpet-selling ploy rather than a scam and one I'd not heard of before. But a few days ago, sure enough one of the riders ahead of me got waved down by a couple of sheepish-looking guys broken down near Tasla.
We left them to drive home when they'd had enough.
Also - a lost in the desert survival story on the BBC.
Started in Zagora - ended up in Tindouf!
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