I left Saint Louis on March 29th when I took a shared car to Rosso. This time the border crossing wasn't so peaceful as on the way to Senegal. Immediately after I got off the car in Rosso I was surrounded by the crowd of people who made me get in the taxi which took me to the border. There was a Senegalese guy travelling to Nouakchott who joined me and took care of my luggage because the people were very obtrusive. When we got in the room to get a stamp out of Senegal they held us in the room and released us only when I screamed at them and hit someone. Then we took a boat on the other side of the river where we found a shared car to Nouakchott.
We agreed with the driver that we would give him 4000 Ouguiya per person and he would take us home in Nouakchott, but when we arrived there he insisted that we should get out just when we entered Nouakchott or give him 300 Ouguiya more. While I was willing to pay him my friend refused and the driver took us to the police station where we spent around 20 minutes arguing which was quite ridiculous because 300 Ouguiya is equal to 75 Eurocents. Then we came to a settlement and paid him. I didn't have time to eat all day and I was weak but we went to my friend's house and we ate scrambled eggs there. In the evening I found a taxi which took me to Maison des artistes where I met Ridiaw and Papis and spent the last night in Nouakchott.
The next day I found a truck driver who was going to Dakhla and we left Nouakchott in the evening. The journey took an entire day and we arrived in Dakhla on Saturday evening. I spent one night there and then I took a bus to Agadir on Sunday evening and I arrived there on Monday afternoon. I had a new host there because I didn't manage to reach the previous one. I was very exhausted after the journey but my host Nourry took me to the beach. It was so windy that day that it was impossible to swim. In the evening we went to a night club but we stayed there only an hour. On Tuesday I travelled to Casablanca where I stayed with Younes and on Wednesday April 4th I took a flight to Paris.
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