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The Grand Tour's "Sand Job," Nothing to See Here, I'm Afraid

The Truth About Cars

“Sand Job” takes the presenters to the remote and little-viewed country of Mauritania, located in the northeast corner of Africa southwest of Algeria. In reality the race ran its initial course until 2007, then was canceled in 2008 due to intense security concerns in Mauritania. Each of the cars cost around £25,000 ($34,542 USD).

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My journey to and on the Mauritanian Iron Ore Train

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It started in 2016 when I set myself a small challenge: how do you travel without money and in an electric car from the Netherlands to Australia ? The journey to Mauritania also attracted me because it went through Southern Spain and Morocco, where I had never been before. But the next day, Nouakchott surprised me.