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Arabic: sahrâ'
Sahara
is with a size of 9 million km², the world's largest desert. Its
maximum length is 5,000 km, running from west to east. Sahara is covering
Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Sudan, Chad, Niger
and Mali.
1,5 million people live in Sahara, most of these in Mauritania, Morocco
and Algeria. Dominant groups of people are Sahrawis, Tuareg and Negroids.
The largest city is Nouakchott, Mauritania's capital. Other important
cities are Tamanrasset, Algeria and Ghat, Libya.
Sahara is very dry but there is an annual rainfall on most regions, but
this is just a couple of millimetres.
Rain and Snow - Guide how NOT to bike the Sahara
| Time | December 1989 |
| Duration | 6 weeks |
| Beast of Burden | Bike (Falk) |
| Partner | No, solo |
| Countries | Algeria,Tunesia |
| Highlights | |
| Version | Not available yet |
| Language |
First bike experience out of Europe. Started in Hammanmed/Tunisia with a guy called Uwe. Fortunately, we split some days later. Learned the hard way, that sometimes it's better to take a bus then spending time and effort on pointless iternaries. Saw the real big dunes, saw endless monotony between El Oued and El Golea and finished the loop, visiting the capitals Algier and Tunis.
Tour de Magreb - How to do it right
| Time | October 1990 |
| Duration | 6 weeks |
| Beast of Burden | Bike (Faggin #1) |
| Partner | No, solo |
| Countries | Morocco, Algeria |
| Highlights | |
| Version | Not available yet |
| Language |
Great tour, everything went right. Started in Agadir/Morocco, entered Algeria in Figit and biked until El Golea. Here I picked up a hike to Hassi Messaoud and continued south to Illizi. Flight to Djanet.
Tour de grand Sud - Ever been to Foum Zguid ?
| Time | June 1991 |
| Duration | 2 weeks |
| Beast of Burden | Bike (Herkelmann) |
| Partner | No, solo |
| Countries | Morocco |
| Highlights | Foum Zguid to Tata |
| Version | Not available yet |
| Language |
Exploring the fascinating world of dirt roads in the Great South of Morocco.
Wanna suffer ? 412 km to Djanet
| Time | April 1993 |
| Duration | 2 weeks |
| Beast of Burden | Bike (Herkelmann) |
| Partner | No, solo |
| Countries | Algeria |
| Highlights | |
| Version | Alpha |
| Language |
The Tour de Magreb, two years earlier, left this stretch of dirt road untouched. Only for Masochists.
Tour
de Atlas: Warning: Extended biking may damage your relationship
| Time | November 1993 |
| Duration | 2 weeks |
| Beast of Burden | Bike (Herkelmann) |
| Partner | No, solo |
| Countries | Morocco |
| Highlights | |
| Version | Not available yet |
| Language |
Just can't get enough, the 5th time in 4 years. More dirt tracks.
A trip to Marrakech - Toubkal summit and Djnema el Fna
| Time | November (?) 1994 |
| Duration | 1 weeks |
| Beast of Burden | By foot and Bus |
| Partner | Yes, Pete |
| Countries | Morocco |
| Highlights | |
| Version | Alpha |
| Language | English |
A very short trip with good old buddy Pete, before the cruelty of working life begun.
Desert Rose - The pleasure to bike with company
| Time | 1996 |
| Duration | 3 weeks |
| Beast of Burden | Bike (Herkelmann) |
| Partner | Yes, Ros |
| Countries | Morocco |
| Highlights | Tizi-n-Tazazert |
| Version | Alpha |
| Language | German |
We started in Marrakech, rode to Ouarzazate and further to Boulmane du Dades, where we entered dirt roads and crossed breathtaking Tizi-n-Tazazert. Finished the tour in Zagora.
| Time | 2003 |
| Duration | ? weeks |
| Beast of Burden | Bike (Herkelmann) |
| Partner | No |
| Countries | Morocco |
| Highlights | |
| Version | |
| Language |
Just a vage plan...
