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Sahara

Day 24: Azougui to Atâr

Breaking the silence. The first of 115 motorbikes slides and slithers through the sand dunes south of Âtar.

An extraordinary day in the village of Tougadh. A rally car heads up between the drystone houses. Three hundred vehicles of all sizes will go up their high street in one afternoon.

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Start reading the book Introduction Day 1: Gibraltar Day 2: Across The Strait Day 3: Tangier Day 4: Tangier to Chefchaouen Day 5: Chefchaouen to Fez Day 6: Fez Day 7: Fez Day 8: Fez to Marrakesh Day 10: Marrakesh Day 11: Marrakesh Day 12: Marrakesh to Ouarzazate Day 13: Ouarzazate to Tinfou Day 15: Smara Refugee Camp Day 14: Tinfou to Tindouf Day 16: Smara Camp Day 17: Smara Camp Day 18: Smara Camp to Tfariti Day 19: Tfariti Day 20: Tfariti to Mejik Day 21: Mejik to Zouérat Day 22: Zouérat Day 23: Zouérat to Azougui Day 24: Azougui to Atâr Day 25: Atâr Day 26: Atâr to Chinguetti Day 27: Chinguetti Day 28: Chinguetti to Nouakchott Day 29: Nouakchott Day 30: Nouakchott Day 31: Nouakchott to St-Louis Day 33: St-Louis Day 34: Dakar Day 35: Dakar Day 36: Dakar to Bamako Day 37: Dakar to Bamako Day 38: Bamako Day 40: Bamako Day 41: Bamako to Djenné Day 42: Djenné Day 43: Djenné Day 44: Mopti to Dogon Country Day 45: Tirelli Day 46: Tirelli Day 47: Tirelli Day 48: On the Niger Day 49: On the Niger Day 51: Timbuktu Day 52: Timbuktu Day 53: Timbuktu Day 54: Near Ingal Day 55: Near Ingal Day 56: Ingal Day 57: Ingal Day 58: Agadez Day 59: Agadez to Tabelot Day 60: Tabelot Day 61: Into the Ténéré Desert Day 62: The Ténéré Desert Day 63: The Ténéré Desert Day 64: The Ténéré Desert Day 65: The Ténéré Desert Day 66: The Ténéré Desert Day 67: The Ténéré Desert Day 68: Out of the Ténéré Desert Day 69: I-n-Guezzam Day 70: I-n-Guezzam to Tamanrasset Day 71: Tamanrasset to Assekrem Day 72: Assekrem to Hassi-Messaoud Day 73: Hassi-Messaoud Day 74: Hassi-R'Mel Day 76: In Aménas Day 77: On the Libyan Border Day 79: Tobruk Day 80: Tobruk Day 81: Tobruk to Benghazi Day 82: Benghazi Day 83: Benghazi to Sirte Day 84: Sirte to Tripoli Day 85: Tripoli Day 87: Djerba Day 88: Djerba Day 89: Djerba to El Haddej Day 90: El Haddej to Sousse Day 91: Sidi Bou Said Day 92: Sidi Bou Said Day 93: Tunis to Algiers Day 94: Algiers Day 95: Algiers Day 96: Algiers to Oran Day 97: Oran Day 98: Ceuta Day 99: Ceuta to Gibraltar Afterword Acknowledgements

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PALIN'S GUIDES

• Series: Sahara
• Day: 24
• Country/sea: Mauritania
• Place: Tougadh
• Book page no: 86

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