mechanician in Morocco+Nouadhibou-Choum - Horizons Unlimited

**imalouli** · #1 20 Sep 2001

Hi everybody
1)Does anyone knows a cheap and reliable car mechanician in Morocco?
2)I'd like also to have reports of the Nouadhibou-Choum route along the rails by people who've done it.
Cheers.
So long.

**Lamin Sambou** · #2 20 Sep 2001

Nouadhibou - Choum,
The piste is fairly easy most of the way, BUT
There are areas where you cannot keep in a straight line and its soft sand - a 2wd would have to drive on the railway line.A 4wd will drag itself through but the engine will start to get hot
There is also a lot of debris from the railway line, which is half buried and covers a surprisingly large area. If you hit any of this you could damage tyres/track rods/diffs etc - which could be terminal.
On the plus side there is one area of dunes which is rather picturesque.

**Ian** · #3 22 Sep 2001

For the mechanic, ask for Mohammed in Cafe CTM in Boujdour. Very helpful.

**imalouli** · #4 27 Sep 2001

Thanks so much Lamin & Ian for these infos. This Nouadhibou - Choum way looks pretty hazardous due to the debris, and in addition a convoy has to come out, isn’t it?
I'll drive a 2wd Nissan Bluebird diesel to Senegal. Is it still a good place for retail ? I heard that custom fees become dissuasive. What about Mauritania & Mali?

**GWJ** · #5 1 Oct 2001

In Ait Meloul (near Tazzarine) there are supposed to be a lot of meccanics and rather cheap. Haven't been there myself, but read it somewhere. Anybody?

Juriaan