Welcome to Mauritania

Lets be honest, how many of you could point to Mauritania on the map?  There is a distinct lack of Thomas Cook package tours to the country to boost its tourist profile and little sign of that changing.  However, the welcome Steve and I received was in complete contrast to the UK and French government advice to travellers, which paints the country as a hotbed of Islamic terrorism where foreigners should tread every step with fear. Mauritania does indeed have…

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