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Movies from Mauritania.

That's us This Fab Trek

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About.

Travel the world, as an independent photographer, imagine life.

Learn, understand, tolerate, enjoy, live - inhale different conceptions of life (all that TV [and the web] cannot give).

An Amazigh saying from the Moroccan Atlas: Those who rush are already dead. And Alain de Botton in The Art of Travel: Journeys are the midwives of thoughts. Take time and ponder - is from myself.

Land Rover Defender 6x6
Link to Foley

The prime vehicle is a cool 6-Wheeled Land Rover Defender, Foley's made, which needs a lot of caring attention. Some times we use other transport, however - with fuel prices up and shortages to come maybe we switch entirely, - some day.

The idea, adventure, project had been growing in my head for years. This feeling inside, the desire to leave and live a different life, it made it too easy to give up a job, give all other stuff away and hit the road. 22nd of June 2004.

In May 2005 I meet Hasna, Moroccan, she comes along! We are married, have two twin boys, Daniel and David. This Fab Trek continues. Photography and Journey, Story of Life Around the World.

I love Music, Art, Festivals and photography there off.

This is us.

Hasna, Manfred, Essaouira
Manfred in the desert of the Western Sahara
Hasna Essaouira
Hasna wedding Austria
Daniel left and David right
Daniel David, in Land Rover 6x6x, beach in Djembereng, Casamance, Senegal
Daniel and David on Bonnet of Land Rover 6x6x, on way to Casamance Senegal, eating Bananas.
Daniel and David with nanny Aisha, the best we ever had, black African Woman carrying white twin babies, in Bamako, Mali.

The Journey
as it happens.

Fcontains Festival/Art photography.

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All our videos through YouTube. Just so much easier.

The Landy on the beach.

On YouTube.

Going north from Senegal to Nouakchott.

Not more then 40km per day.

Takeing our time.

To download. (2,920K).

The Landy in the dunes.

On YouTube.

Travelling land inwards from the Atlantik coast. We were looking for a passage to a piste further south that we had envisioned taking. But fields of high dunes everywhere and our piste constantly 20km away. We had the choice to drive back some 100km or bite the bullet and risk crossing the dunes.

We have done some 20km of dune-crossing that way. The first 2km took us some 3 hours.

Or click to download. (13,607K).

We talk after rolling the the Landy.

On YouTube.

Click to download. (3,160K).

The Landy speeding in Sebkhet Chemchâm, a flat desert.

On YouTube.

Or download video. (9,787K).

Another Sebkhet Chemchâm, flat desert video.

On YouTube.

Click here to see the Sebkhet Chemchâm video. (1,234K).

Another nice video that Cristian took, traversing a village.

On YouTube.

Or click to download. (5,665K).

Big rock video.

On YouTube.

Or click to download. (2,790K).

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