Wow, Günther, very nice, congratulations for this! :thumbup1:

When Florence reads this he will surely be delighted to see that his researches bear some fruits!
The fact that he didn't respond yet is probably that he is again somewhere out of reach, exploring pristine desert.

It's been a while since anyone mentioned Pelican 16...... I and my good mate mossproof recently spent some time in Mauri exploring. One of the points of interest involved a slight detour into Polisario held Western Sahara......

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I'd have loved to have spent a night there but it very difficult to evaluate the risk, so we spent about an hour crawling all over it taking pics and then retreated back across the border. One of the military check point commanders near Ben Amiera was very positive, apart from him everyone else including the guide at Bab Sahara thought it was madness. In the end we found the area very quiet and the border is best described as porous....

I'd like to thank Florence for the inspiration for this part of the trip!

Nick

Good job
I'll tell mr FLorence when I see him

When and if you see him, extend my greetings too :)
He kind of disappeared from SOF?

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Florence is blocked...
 

I got information from Florence that he's blocked from the forum since he renamed to "Shalom Alejkum" :ban:

:oops2:

Anyway: This was one of the most amazing trips I ever did!!! Many thanks again to Florene for inspiring me to do this trip and for getting the waypoints!!!

After crossing Africa in 2014, I'm now travelling for more than 3 years in South-America (stage by stage). Actually the car is parked in Cayenne (French-Guyana). In December I'm suppost going to Panama and probably Mexico. The goal is to reach Alaska in 2021. And then....

... back to Mauretania and SAHARA LIBRE!!!!!!!