Morocco Sahara Desert and Western Sahara Convoy
Channel: Travel with Simon
Date: 2021-08-28

As our overland journey into Morocco continues we head further off the beaten track and attempt to find some solitude for Christmas in the Sahara Desert.

0:00 Introduction
0:20 Leaving Marrakech
0:30 Ait Benhaddou - Making Movies
2:30 Christmas in the Sahara Desert
05:10 Boxing Day Sandstorm and fossils for sale
09:10 Figuig diversion (to cross or not to cross the Sahara Desert)
10:50 Ouarzazate - Kasbahs and lunar valleys
12:45 Agadir (Atlantic Coast) - Motor home paradise
16:44 Western Sahara - Military Convoy through disputed territory
19:35 Arriving Nouadhibou (Entering Mauritania)
20:13 Dodging the French
21: 58 Mauritania & Minefields

Africa Overland Back Story
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Twenty years ago my wife and I packed up our life in the UK and set off to drive overland in our Land Rover Defender with the aim of driving all the way to the Cape Town in South Africa, a journey which will take us from coast to coast along the length and breadth of Africa (more than once).

Because this journey was twenty years ago, there were no smartphones, no google maps, and no digital cameras. The photos taken on the journey were on transparencies, designed to be projected. I have taken photographs of some of those slides for the purpose of showing in this video.

Also watch:

Africa Overland Part 1: Driving from Scotland to Morocco
https://youtu.be/ap3X_aGns3M

Africa Overland Part 3: Christmas in the Sahara Desert Ait Benhaddou, & a military convoy
https://youtu.be/BELXf7VQfuE

Africa Overland Part 4: Mauritanian Minefields and Beach Drive
https://youtu.be/tnU8DKnbfBA

Africa Overland Part 5: Mali, Djenné and The Road of Hope
https://youtu.be/N1-XmjFQIY4

Africa Overland Part 6: Niger - Poorest Country in the World
https://youtu.be/QmAW4fdqpbc

Africa Overland Part 7: Chad - Risking it all in the Sahara Desert
https://youtu.be/gSbE_l1kYas

What else would you like to know about travelling overland? Leave a comment below and I look forward to hearing from you all.

For anyone planning an overland trip, especially one through Africa, please feel free to ask questions or just get in touch either by leaving a comment below or if you prefer a private conversation you can send me a DM on instagram, facebook or twitter.