As long as it took me to take the cup back to the cafe and return to the motorcycle, it was enough for a kid to snatch my cell phone. I brought her a cup of coffee, put my cell phone on its stand on my motorcycle and prepared to hit the road. Christina stayed to watch over the motorcycles and all our stuff. I went over a cafe, as I had to find an internet connection for a while. The next day there was a marathon held in the city. The entire city was gathered there and there was live, Berber music and dancing on a huge stage with video walls all around. Mohammed hosted us in Boujdour and in the evening he took us to the main square. That day Christina rode the maximum number of kilometers she had ever ridden in a day: 536 (333 miles)! It was New Year’s Eve according to the Islamic calendar. It was then when he got inspired for his famous story of “The Little Prince”.Ĭasa Mar is the building constructed by the Scottish merchant Donald Mackenzie, who established the settlement of Tarfaya in 19th century In 1927 he was appointed headmaster of the station in Tarfaya and spent two years there.
When the French pilot was transporting the mail from France to Senegal, Tarfaya was one of the stops for his small Bréguet 14. In Tarfaya, the Scottish merchant Donald Mackenzie established a settlement in 19th century, which later became famous thanks to the writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. That’s why we chose to enter the African land in this time of year… The weather is ideal! The ocean breeze made the temperature fall just enough to make us put on the inner layer of our REV’IT! motorcycle jackets. Where the desert meets the ocean, however, the scenery is majestic! The huge waves of the Atlantic Ocean are bursting furiously onto the steep cliffs of the Sahara. That’s what the indigenous people call ”hammada”. The desert scenery was unattractive most of the time, a dull plain of soil, stones, some bushes and sand in some parts. The referendum, however, is still to be held and Morocco, having established innumerous troops in the area, has the upper hand.įor three days we were riding by the Atlantic Ocean. In 1991 United Nations intermediated and reached an agreement for truce, under the condition of a referendum to be held, in order for the citizens of Western Sahara to choose whether this area would be independent or part of Morocco. The locals, of course, desired their autonomy, so a war was declared. Mauritania soon left the game, while Morocco sent thousands of troops in the area, which until now is being held under occupation. In 1975, when Western Sahara stopped being a Spanish colony anymore, both Morocco and Mauritania rushed to grab the territory. CAIRO – 24 July 2017: Leaving Tan Tan, we had to cross Western Sahara, an empty area of 1,190 km (739 miles), as far as the border with Mauritania.
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