The Hoggar Route crosses the Sahara. It is the classic central trans-Sahara route, and one of the very few passable in a non-4x4 vehicle. However, not all make it. There are some very sandy sections, especially on the Niger side between Agadez and the border. Dozens of vehicle carcasses litter the route, their paint sand-blasted.
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This blog is the diary of a journey through the Sahara undertaken February-May 2007. The most recent post is first.
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Agadir is Morocco's Costa del Sol , in other words the fifth circle of hell. The best that can be said is that we enjoyed our first beer...
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After our breakdown adventure near Timbuktu the rest of the journey to Gao was uneventful. It was a beautiful desert drive, sometimes on the...
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The Algerian border post - we camped on their football pitch Lots of this en route Con and Haakon are wondering how this chap was changi...
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