hi
route de l`espoire is very much ok(all tar) from Nouachott to Nema but forget the leg to Nara in Mali on a street bike and during raining season> I passed there last year on a Honda xrl650 and it was a real struggle with mud and water. Got stuck in flooded plains for a couple of days, but it was also great fun with the right bike. The border officers on Mauri side are really corrupt and try a lot to get something out of you.
On the Mauri side there were works going on to improve the road from Nema to the border but I am not sure how far this has got.
safe ridings
Alessandro
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Originally posted by Margus:
Thanks a lot for the info!
Going to check the ECOWAS Brown Card from my insurance company soon.
Can anyone tell how're the road conditions from direction Nuadibu -> Nouakchott -> Bamako -> Timbuktu
Planning to go with a street bike two up, so it gets stuck into sand with it's weight when not choosing roads well.
Or it's better to go from Nouakchott to Bamako via Senegal/Dakar? I see a bigger road going that way from my low resolution map (hoping to get a better one soon...).
And is there a border access with Mauritania when going back from Timbuktu to Mauri on the direction to Nema - or only offroad routes possible?
Margus
[This message has been edited by Margus (edited 14 May 2004).]
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