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My journey to and on the Mauritanian Iron Ore Train

Plug Me In

Up to halfway through Morocco, I could travel by train, then mainly buses and minivans. Eleven euros for a bottle of water? Due to a problem with my Airbnb: no host, no water, and no electricity, those blog warnings seemed to be true. My first stop was Terjit, and I took another minivan. I turned a blind eye to that.