The capital of Mauritania and the capital of driving chaos!! Almost no car is damage free and barely any care is UK street legal, the only saviour for Mr Orange is the size and in Africa size determines status on the road.
Spent one day in the city, not much to see in the city except a very dirty and smelly market place. On the coast there are beach resorts but these we did not explore.
On our way out we managed to create a traffic jam, blindly following our satnav through the narrow streets around the market and managed to stop traffic for about 10 minutes much to the delight of local traders and not so much delight for other drivers. But this is Africa so it all works out in the end.
Fruit barrow on roadside 
Fruit seller in market 
Mauritania v CAR – Mauritania won!! 
Beast of burden putting in a hard day 
Nouakchott market 
Public transport 
Fruit and veg seller in market 
Ladies shopping in the market 
Mosquee Moroccan 
Fish sellers in Nouakchott market 
Handmade brooms 
Dried and salted fish 
The backside of the market where waste is burned, food cooked, rotting food and garbage is thrown 
Front of the market makes a prettier picture 
Poultry (very fresh) for sale 
Men making cast aluminium items from scrap pieces 
Aluminium being melted in market stall 
Cast aluminium items made in the market 
Cast aluminium items made in the market 
ALL groceries in isle 1 
Fruit and veg stall in market 
Donkey getting its obligatory head rub 
Cool dudes in the market 
Fuel sellers, one requested a photo, the others did not 
Transport lined up and ready
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