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Trans Sahara Routes.

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Moroc-Mauri - the route across the border
For anyone that's interested ... in January I drove a Ford Mondeo (2wd) through "no-mans-land", avoiding ALL the soft sand, without getting stuck, and tracked it on my Garmin. Attached here is a TXT file with details of the precise route.

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Hi Roger,
Besides the txt-file; do you have by any change a GPS-route available for Garmin. Would be very helpfull.

Greetings,

Geert
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In the file Roger kindly gave you is all the data you need.
Copy and paste the coords in mapsource or basecamp and you have your route.
Otherwise, simply look up and wait for a larger vehicle than you to go in front-
Worse scenario if you do hit a soft patch and bog in (and are quick to attract his attention!) is that he'll pull you out.
The no-man's land is easy to cross without a gps- just follow traffic and stay on the well worn track.
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I passed this section last month and think it's nothing really special; maybe (or probably) I did not watch good enough, but I could not see how you could take a wrong route in that stretch, as the correct "route(s)" was clearly not through any sandy part but over a rocky section. Nevertheless, always helpful to have the right coordinates, but it has to be said (according to me...) that many scary stories about road conditions/visa/safety/etc. is very much a personal matter/view which by no means has to be shared by other travellers.
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I've crossed the border area six times now (in 2wd) and have managed to get stuck in sand twice. The first time was due to my lack of concentration - the last time was when I trundled along behind a prat in a 4x4 who, for no reason, suddenly stopped dead, forcing me to stop in an area where I would normally have just blasted through in second. And then he just drove off, completely oblivious! The easiest solution is to follow a big truck - that way you don't even have to think! :-)

Geert - to be honest I'm not sure what you are asking me for. The TXT file is from my Garmin, that's all I have - sorry!
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I was also one of there - who should get mislead. A local car drive ahead, the origin track was hidden behind parked cars.

So the locals hoped to recover us from beeing stuck. It was very close to get stuck for us, and that by slightly modded 4x4. We don`t had lowered the air pressure, because we thought that the route is easy. It is easy - when you get the right one.

Thanks for sharing your recorded track, this will help other travelers to drive that route more relaxed
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