The Sahara Desert remains one of the world's most fascinating and mysterious wildernesses. Looking beyond the romance of shimmering oases and magical dunes, this updated and expanded guide is a fully comprehensive handbook to understanding and exploring the world's greatest desert. Whether travelers are planning just a week's excursion in Morocco or a two-month trans-Saharan expedition Sahara Overland--A Route and Planning Guide offers all the essential advice, background information, and inspiration to complete their journey safely. Features include: *Documentation--what visitors need and how to get it *Choice of transport--4WD, motorcycle, bicycle, or even camel *Preparing the vehicle--without spending a fortune *Trans-Mediterranean ferries *Thirty-five off-road routes and detailed itineraries, many with GPS waypoints, covering 10,000 miles in nine countries (Morocco, Mauritania, Libya, Mali, Tunisia, Algeria, Niger, Chad, and Egypt) *Improvising repairs, plus desert driving, and riding techniques *Navigation and survival--what to do when things go wrong *Background--Saharan peoples, pre-historic art, and land forms *300 b&w photographs and 30 color photographs *50 route maps and 2 pages of color maps. NOTA: El libro no está en español, sino en inglés.
Chris Scott first visited the Sahara on a motorcycle in 1981, describing this and his other eventful trips in Desert Travels. Since then he's traveled in the desert with cars, 4WDs and small trucks as well as both organizing and joining tours to the Sahara. He's also written the Adventure Motorcycling Handbook, also from Trailblazer, and covered the sandy regions for the Rough Guide to Australia. He maintains the Sahara Travel Information (STI) website (sahara-overland.com).
Chris Scott first visited the Sahara on a motorcycle in 1981, describing this and his other eventful trips in Desert Travels. Since then he's traveled in the desert with cars, 4WDs and small trucks as well as both organizing and joining tours to the Sahara. He's also written the Adventure Motorcycling Handbook, also from Trailblazer, and covered the sandy regions for theRough Guide to Australia. He maintains the Sahara Travel Information (STI) website (sahara-overland.com).