Have you been following along with Season Seven of Itchy Boots’ moto travel adventures on her YouTube channel? If you have, then you’ll know that she took a ferry from Spain to Morocco and has been riding across northern Africa. Right now, she’s in Mauritania, and is on her way through the desert to see the Richat Structure (also called the Eye of Africa) up close and in person.
Her original plan, as she told us a couple of episodes back, was to carry all the fuel she would need on her bike, along with all the water and her normal gear. After doing all the math, she found that she would need approximately 40 liters of fuel and 20 liters of water—which is a lot of extra weight to carry. Luckily, Noraly had been talking to a very nice guy named Ahmed, whose work involves tourism in Mauritania. He’s a local who knows the area like the back of his hand, and he also has a pickup truck and was willing to help carry all that extra liquid.
