That´s right, we drifted west to Tendrara where the tarmac finally vanished into a piste which we followed until it merged into a road near Anoual, this piste we didn´t plan to ride so we sort of navigated just with our compass, not difficult though, and if you keep going south you will eventually find the road. So we rode this road down to Talsinnt and, the next day to Beni Tajite, from there we took a fantastic piste south to Boudnib, as you can see in the report you can refuel there at some locals who bring gasoline from Algeria, quality was good i presume as we got quite good mileage and no issues.
From Boudnib you can take a piste down to Erfoud, near Erfoud the piste crosses a broad dry riverbed, i don´t know how rideable is it when it rains.

About the route through Spain, there are of course hundreths of backroads, but if you have to cross the pyrinees and the rest of Spain in two days, I would take the fastest route to Almeria and then, if you have time left, ride the nice roads between Carboneras and Cabo the gata.


I hope you post some report or give us some feedback, I am very interested in seeing the 690 performance, as i am considering selling my dakar and buying one, I know they are quite different bikes but the only thing that puts me off is that i love the bmw´s reliability while i read there were some issues with the ktm´s subframe bolts...

Wish you a nice ride.

@Titbird: Mooie videos op jouw blog, welke helmet-cam heb je gebruikt op de reis door Afrika?