Tanouchert Oasis To Chinguetti

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Chinguetti
Chinguetti.

After a night in an auberge at The Oasis, we again drove mostly cross country to Chinguetti, another medieval trading outpost but this one a bit better preserved and featuring some family owned manuscript collections (which, in my mind, makes it a bit like Timbuktu). We walked around the old city, got a couple of library tours, and enjoyed a lunch among the date palms just outside of town to escape the blowing sand.

Photos

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Breakfast at the auberge in Tanouchert Oasis (Dec. 2024).
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Deyah and Mohammad packing up in the morning (Dec. 2024).
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Departing Tanouchert towards Chinguetti (Dec. 2024).
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Stopping just outside the oasis for one last look back (Dec. 2024).
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Heading for the overlook point (Dec. 2024).
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And there it is (Dec. 2024).
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Some dry wells along the drive towards Chinguetti (Dec. 2024).
Chinguetti
The first library we checked out in Chinguetti (Dec. 2024).
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Chinguetti library – one of many (Dec. 2024).
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Getting a tour of the library (Dec. 2024).
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Signing the visitors’ log (Dec. 2024).
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We were shown some manuscripts (Dec. 2024).
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Those cover a wide variety of subjects (Dec. 2024).
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Some are religious in nature.  I think this is a very old copy of the Quran (Nov. 2024).
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The gentleman who gave us a quick history lesson of Chinguetti and the private manuscript collection (Dec. 2024).
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At the library (Dec. 2024).
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Apparently Chinguetti was getting ready for some festival while we were there (Dec. 2024).
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A mosque in Chinguetti’s old town (Dec. 2024).
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Chinguetti (Dec. 2024).
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A minaret in a mosque (Dec. 2024).
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Chinguetti’s old town with the sand dunes slowly taking over (Dec. 2024).
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Chinguetti (Dec. 2024).
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Looking across a wadi towards the modern part of Chinguetti (Dec. 2024).
Chinguetti
Shirley and Mohammad strolling through the old city (Dec. 2024).
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Chinguetti (Dec. 2024).
Chinguetti
Traffic jam (Dec. 2024).
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Chinguetti (Dec. 2024).
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Another view of the minaret (Dec. 2024).
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Chinguetti (Dec. 2024).
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Chinguetti (Dec. 2024).
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Some of the residents of Chinguetti’s old town (Dec. 2024).
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Chinguetti (Dec. 2024).
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Chinguetti randomness (Dec. 2024).
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Outskirts of Chinguetti (Dec. 2024).
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Exploring the modern portion of Chinguetti (Dec. 2024).
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Phat rides (Dec. 2024).
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A dust storm (Dec. 2024).
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The functioning Chinguetti (Dec. 2024).
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Colorfully dressed girls (Dec. 2024).
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Strolling around in some dusty conditions (Dec. 2024).
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Chinguetti (Dec. 2024).
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A more modern mosque (Dec. 2024).
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I think this was a goat and sheep market (Dec. 2024).
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A barber shop in Chinguetti (Dec. 2024).
Chinguetti
Found a little date palm grove outside of Chinguetti which offered some shelter from the wind and sand as we ate lunch. These are hibiscus flowers by the way (Dec. 2024).
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Dates (Dec. 2024).
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Our Star Wars themed auberge in Chinguetti (Dec. 2024).
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Our room at the auberge (Dec. 2024).
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Chinguetti auberge (Dec. 2024).
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The second library in Chinguetti that we got a chance to visit in the afternoon (Dec. 2024).
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A damaged manuscript (Dec. 2024).
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Geometry I guess (Dec. 2024).
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More religious writings perhaps (Dec. 2024).
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Checking out the small museum adjacent to the library (Dec. 2024).
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I think it’s a musket (Dec. 2024).
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A mosque minaret in the old town of Chinguetti (Dec. 2024).
Chinguetti
Mohammad and Shirley strolling through Chinguetti’s old city (Dec. 2024).
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Chinguetti (Dec. 2024).
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Old town of Chinguetti (Dec. 2024).
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Filling up before heading back into the desert the following day (Dec. 2024).

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