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A cavalier travel booking took me to Mauritania to speed across sand dunes and catapult myself into a hopper car on the Mauritania Railway.

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A cavalier travel booking took me to Mauritania to speed across sand dunes and catapult myself into a hopper car on the Mauritania Railway.

Original blog here: //www.theearthink.com/post/adventure-seeking-on-the-mauritania-railway