Nouadhibou is not the most exciting place I have ever visited but I am glad that we have visited. The population are a mix of Arab and black African and it feels that its a country that very much links Morocco to the north and Senegal to the south. There are no tourist attractions as the there are no tourists! A lot of the men are wearing what looks like a pale blue bed sheet and matching turban and the few woman that are around are draped in highly pattered fabric.
We turned a lot of heads as we walked through town but everyone was very friendly and we are now well practised in our response "ca va bien, merci". It is a good job that most of the conversation doesn't go much further as our French is improving but not to the conversational level!
In the afternoon Steve drove us out to the peninsula, Cap Blanc which is a nature reserve. It was nice to have a walk along the beach and we also saw a Monk seal. 1 of 150 who live on the coast there. There are only 500 in the whole world so that was a pretty good spot. We also saw the train run a few times. Not just a regular passenger train this is an iron ore carrying train which can get to being 2.3km long. One of the ones that we saw was over 160 carriages long. There is just one very dusty passenger carriage at the back. Next stop is the capital Nouakchott.
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