• Michael SpiesEagles fly, deserts call!Michael Spies
    The thundering dragon is so loud, you hear it 30 minutes away
    Bull dozers clearing the first 10 km before the off road track of 800km beginsSmall village at the end of the road"the normal" rubbish everywhereLooking fo a hotel for the night? You sleep on a mat on the floorThe dune track beginsStraight rails fo 100kmsThundering dragon amidst clouds of diesel smokeThe one Passenger car2kms of iron ore trainIn the middle of nowhere a shepherd with his 6 goatsPretty hot hereA small village at half wayThis land rover didn't have one flat tire but three, and no pump. We pumped him upA derailed oron ore waggon1

    Thundering Dragon! The Iron ore train.

    3. december 2025, Mauretanien ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C

    About 50% of Mauritania's GDP stems from one Iron ore mine in the Sahara in Zouerat. An infamous 2km long train transports the ore through the desert to Nouadibou for shipment. Dunes block the tracks, trains have derailed and the train is the life line of huge desert regions not connected by roads. If you can't afford to travel in the one Passenger waggon you sit on top of the iron ore together with the live sheep you are bringing to the market.
    This train is legend.    Læs mere

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