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Here's comrade Priffe chiming in 
never had anything but lovely times together with the Sahrawi
Think they deserve better than to be locked up in desert camps for decades
The eternal president died in May, 2016, sorry to bring the bad news
Some things may change now with Morocco in the African Union
And yes, would love to camp by the AVRO aircraft
may happen soon actually, hopefully
take care burden, Florence, vrecha and all you desert fools out there
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Here's comrade Priffe chiming in 
never had anything but lovely times together with the Sahrawi
Think they deserve better than to be locked up in desert camps for decades
The eternal president died in May, 2016, sorry to bring the bad news
Some things may change now with Morocco in the African Union
And yes, would love to camp by the AVRO aircraft
may happen soon actually, hopefully
take care burden, Florence, vrecha and all you desert fools out there
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an iteresting read (from 2012
Why Morocco must not be allowed to join the African Union
the Saharawis are not locked up, in fact they travel a lot (being nomads and such  , mostly between the camps and mauritanian Nouadhibou, half of which they actually own
Priffe you too take care, especially when camping at Pelican 16 crash site anytime before december 2017, it's getting really hot up there ... and btw, the picture of eternal Polisario president was taken before his death
a tip for WS adventurers: approaching the 2.500 kilometres long Morrocan Wall of Shame to an approx. distance of less then 6 km you will be in range of MORIAM gsm signal: if you have a Morrocan sim card you'll be able to call anywhere in the world for free - courtesy of King Mohammed the 6th to his ragtag soldiers defending his "historic lands"
come think of it "Kingdom of Morocco" became independent only in 1956
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Here's comrade Priffe chiming in 
never had anything but lovely times together with the Sahrawi
Think they deserve better than to be locked up in desert camps for decades
The eternal president died in May, 2016, sorry to bring the bad news
Some things may change now with Morocco in the African Union
And yes, would love to camp by the AVRO aircraft
may happen soon actually, hopefully
take care burden, Florence, vrecha and all you desert fools out there
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an iteresting read (from 2012
Why Morocco must not be allowed to join the African Union
the Saharawis are not locked up, in fact they travel a lot (being nomads and such  , mostly between the camps and mauritanian Nouadhibou, half of which they actually own
Priffe you too take care, especially when camping at Pelican 16 crash site anytime before december 2017, it's getting really hot up there ... and btw, the picture of eternal Polisario president was taken before his death
a tip for WS adventurers: approaching the 2.500 kilometres long Morrocan Wall of Shame to an approx. distance of less then 6 km you will be in range of MORIAM gsm signal: if you have a Morrocan sim card you'll be able to call anywhere in the world for free - courtesy of King Mohammed the 6th to his ragtag soldiers defending his "historic lands"
come think of it "Kingdom of Morocco" became independent only in 1956
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Burden and Priffe.
Many thanks for your insight! I genuinely far more relaxed about going back and spending more time wandering! I've learnt to ignore most western views of North Africa, I obviously need to have a little more scepticism of some nationals.....
happy memories....

Happy travels guys and again, thankyou!
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Something happens with you if you stay long enough in the desert
away from roads, towns, people, media
Wind sand sun stars
unbroken horizon
one week may be enough
two should do it
three, for sure
Your perception of time and space changes
and you'll never be the same again
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C'mon Vrecha gives us some more on this insane trip. You can't be THAT busy?
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Nice tracks burden
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Something happens with you if you stay long enough in the desert
away from roads, towns, people, media
Wind sand sun stars
unbroken horizon
one week may be enough
two should do it
three, for sure
Your perception of time and space changes
and you'll never be the same again
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It happened regularly ...
... up to 15 times per day ...
... even on well established pistes ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diFVJ4IVmIE
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I'm just a soul whose intentions are good
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Why did I read that? My feet are so itchy now....
Thanks all.
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