Cycling Nouadhibou-Atar is there water
Hi Folks,
I'm very early with my planning but I have nothing better to do on a cold winter night. And I realise that it may not be possible to travel in Mauritania next year but here goes...
After more than a month following a main road through WS I'm sure I'll be ready for some off road work, and dont really want to take the road from Nouadhibou to Nouakchott.
So the first question is of course is it worth going inland towards Atar, whats there to do and see?
I dont really fancy sitting on a dusty train for 8-12 hours so Im wondering if its worth running a few risks and taking the piste that runs parallel with the railway.
So I really need to know if there's any reliable water sources in the villages along this route. Or will I have to arrange water drops with friendly overlanders  , or is this just suicide.........
For those of you that don't know me.....I'll be doing this on a bicycle so can only take20-30liters(max) of water(enough for about 3 days if I;m very carefull), and with so much water will be restricted to 50-80km per day, so this "day trip" will take me about a week if all goes well.
Anyway, back to looking out the window at the snow....
Thanks for any "relevant" input.....
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