Once again, all very helpful.
Having visited the RGS over the past couple of days, I've had a chance to look seriously a routes through morocco and mauritania and have a few more questions...
(1) Is it possible to travel through the western sahara to somewhere such as Ain Ben Tilli on the Mauritanian border? I read somewhere about weekly armed escorts/convoys setting off from morocco or is this now a thing of the past?
(2) I understand how ridiculous it may seem to be travelling through the desert in July, but in order to get to the coast (Nouadhibou) and not through the western sahara, how feasible is it to travel from somewhere such as Ain Ben Tilli via Zouerat before skirting along the southern border on what appears to be an 'unmarked piste' to the coast?
(3) Once again, with the heat in mind, is the whole thing possible or am I just dreaming?!
Thanks again,
Tom
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