Tuesday, November 26 I entered the zone of the border post around 9:30, Mauritania time. The facilitator expected me. His intervention was not great effectiveness to reduce the latencies knowing that others of his trade were more interventionists. I arose from the zone with a 30 day visa for 55€. The facilitator obtained the gangway to me and insurance a thirty days. In Nouadhibou I found to buy a SIm card de 30 days Mauritel. I turned over at the entrance of Nouadhibou to bivouac on a beach of bay of Star. At the end of the afternoon a young German joined me with his WV Transporter of another-age. He is photographer equipped with a Sony A7.
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Wednesday, November 27 I left Nouadhibou towards the Banc d'Arguin. I progressed without difficulty. But alas, perhaps too trustful, around 15:00 I silted up my truck in sand. During nearly two hours I tried to leave it, without success. I sent a cry for help to my brother by HF radio by giving him my GPS coordinates and the phone number of Ahmed of whom I had become acquainted at Nouadhibou.
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Friday the 29th and Saturday the 30th, always in contact by HF with my brother no assistance came to leave me this situation.
Saturday, November 30 I left in forwarding on foot to go to the Ruin of Tanoûdêrt where I waited more than one hour without seeing any vehicle. I returned to my truck where I arrived around 18:35, the night fallen, after having traversed in the desert and the dunes 19.30 km. Harassed I lay down.
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Sunday, December 1 I informed my brother who started the Orsec plan. Finally around 15:00 I saw to appear a car of the gendarmerie accompanying Ahmed. After discussion with the gendarmerie and by comparing our respective GPS hardware I noted that of the gendarmerie is in degree, minute, second, whereas mine is in minute degree and hundredth of minute; what is an explanation of the difficulty of finding me. Around 15:30 my vehicle was extracted without difficulty and I went again my progression with the gendarmerie and Ahmed eastwards, to Chamî, to find a mobile connection network, then towards the entry of the PNBA at Ras Tafarît. During the progression I think on the situation and the continuation of my journey in Mauritania. After negotiation with Ahmed I decided that he would accompany me until December 26th completion date of my Mauritanian visa while following the trip which I had studied before.
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