Hi Richard,
from cyclists, that did the same stretch I got the information, that they took 40 l each. But they even found water on the way, at Dj. Telerteghba.
It is too risky to rely on other persons when on a bike. We had a trailer with us, to take enough water. But when you are on the tarmac road, you even have to refuse the water. In the north the people working for the oil fields always wanted to give us some water, we couldn't carry it all. But after Illizi it got much calmer and we weren't offered any water.
In the Atacama the situation is even more difficult I find, as there you also have to know if the water is drinkable.
This year in Mongolia, while cycling on a very lonesome sandy track (with few water provision possibilites) we encountered the first tourists after one week in the country: 14 jeeps with french jubilees, and we were offered orange juice and water (I would have prefered coke
Regards
Christian
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