The west point of Africa! Been there done that and no t-shirt! It marked the start of Willem's and myself 1400km hitch hike to Bamako. Traveling one gets use to drug and smoking offers, some countries worse then others and some none at all. The 1st was the case with the west most point of Africa. There sitting amongst the rocks with the waves crashing in the back ground 3 young men where smoking and high on something. Trying to convince us that drugs, weed and dirty sex is way of life it was pointless trying to convince them...
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Dakhla the last town heading south in the Western Sahara that has something to offer. From there onwards it tough, the buses or any form of formal transport stops there. Then it is another +-350km to the border a few kilometers of no mans land that looks like a scene from a Mad Max Movie, and then the Mauritania's border post. Not quite the Sunday afternoon hang out spot. From Dakhla the only form of transport is a lift (if you are prepared to wait a few days i guess) or traders vans which have space for 1 or...
This is it! Nothing is familiar. The honeymoon is over, new country, new people, new everything. But its all good, excellent in fact. Train and Taxi are the only options to leave Casablanca's airport. We opted for train, the cheaper option, but quit expensive. As directed we disembarked at the correct station, deciding to find a local bus instead of a little taxi cost us a whole lot of walking, Willem and myself left the team with the bags at some point and ran ahead to find the No 7 bus. Finding the bus stop we returned,taking the whole team...
