Need help getting from Dakar to Casablanca
Hello, I'm in Dakar right now and I need to get to Spain in May. I was thinking I would go overland through Mauritania, Western Sahara and Morocco. I am a 21 year old American girl and I will be travelling by myself. I went to the Mauritanian embassy in Dakar and they wanted to charge me $160 for the visa. They said it was a fixed price, but I'm not sure about that. So the questions I have are:
Is it better/even possible to just go to the Senegal-Mauritania border for the visa?
I know it's hard to get through the southern part of Western Sahara because there's no public transport. What is the best way to deal with that? Should I go to Nouadhibou and look for people going north who have an extra seat? Or should I start looking in Nouakchott? Will it be hard to find someone who's going north?
Also, just so my mom doesn't worry too much, do you think it's safe for a young girl to be traveling alone in this region. I speak French and Arabic (but not African Arabic) and I've traveled a lot, but I've heard some bad stories about bandits! Any information you have would be appreciated.
Thanks!
Lisa
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