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Mauri visa in Rabat
Just been down to the Mauritanian embassy in Rabat this morning. There were only about a dozen people waiting filling forms at 08:45. If you knocked on the visa door the guy gave you a form, even before the 9 AM opening. The form is not too difficult to fill in and does not need much info on the back. I filled in a few bits at the back but left it to the guy to point out what else needed filling. He made me repeat an address from the front of the form and then accepted it.
He wanted form filed, passport, copy of passport, 2 passport photos, and 340 diram. He says the visa will be ready by 2 PM but the guys outside said that because there so few people it may be ready around 1. I'll go out around then and see.
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Just to close this off. I took a chance and popped out to the Mauritanian embassy at 12:30 and the door was open and the visa was ready. It looked like they all were.
So if you are under time pressure and the numbers were low that day it may be worth coming early.
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Just to close this off. I took a chance and popped out to the Mauritanian embassy at 12:30 and the door was open and the visa was ready. It looked like they all were.
So if you are under time pressure and the numbers were low that day it may be worth coming early.
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Thanks Jim- that is good news!
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Originally Posted by rkubin999
Hi Chris,
thanks for the response. This is our first trip to Sahara, but I have a lot of off-road experience from US/Canada. I know, not the same, but hopefully helpful. A friend did the route last year in a Land Rover, but had a guide. If Nema/Nara is closed, then back through Ayoun el Atrous?
I do have waypoints, a few GPS units, IGN 200k maps, and extraction gear. I expect the recent storm may have changed the landscape a bit.
Thanks for the link to the italy video - Oualata does look very cool!
Rick
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I have a tracklog from Atar to Nema through Tichit if you need it. PM me.
Dave
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