Lac Rose detour

So a night was planned at the famous Lac Rose where a mixture of salinity, bacteria and sunlight mean the water turns pink. However there have been a few issues with this.
1) The road the mapping app suggested for the last 5 miles ranged from horrific to non existent. Picture the good bits - the kind of sand where the front wheel slides from rut to rut, while the back fishtails along. The bad bits being flat out desert type sand where I've got the throttle open, I'm bouncing up and down over the rear wheel to get traction, meanwhile half the village is getting covered in what's being kicked up from the rear, all while moving forward at half walking pace, with a rather large audience at times.
2) The plan was to arrive at dusk, but because of the conditions, most of this riding is done in the dark.
3) The bloody lake isn't even pink the next day when we see it!
4) Leaving in the morning, all we had to do was ride 2 miles on a hardcore road, then turn onto tar...much easier.

Photos
1) The unpink lake
2 & 3) Sights on the way there. Unfortunately the gopro was out of charge for the sandy bits.Read more