Clips
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COAST OF WESTERN SAHARA
Simon starts this leg of the journey in the little-known land of Western Sahara, which is now ruled by Morocco. Moroccan fishermen populate the coast, while at least a hundred thousand of the indigenous Saharawi people have fled the country and now live in refugee camps in south-west Algeria.
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MUSICIANS IN THE DESERT
On this leg of the journey Simon travels across North Africa to Algeria. Simon visits remote and spectacular areas of the country, rarely visited by tourists due to Algeria's recent civil war, and meets local muscians.
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FROM MAURITANIA TO ALGERIA
Simon travels through spectacular areas of remote desert and becomes one of the first foreigners to cross from Mauritania into Algeria for more than 30 years.
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RUSTING ON THE MAURITANIAN COAST
Simon travels to Mauritania, and finds that dozens of boats have been abandoned to rust in the main harbour in what has become one of Africa's shipping graveyards.
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POLISARIO
Simon travels hundreds of miles through the desert to meet the armed forces of the Polisario Front, who fought Moroccan forces for control of Western Shara. There has been a ceasefire since 1991.
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TUAREG IN ALGERIA
Largely closed to tourists due to Algeria's recent civil war, Simon visits remote and spectacular areas, and meets a wealthy Tuareg camel breeder.
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UBARI LAKE IN LIBYA
The beautiful Ubari Lakes in Al Gabroun are endangered oases in the deserts of Southern Libya.
Credits
- Presenter
- Simon Reeve
- Director
- Dominic Ozanne
- Producer
- Elena Cosentino
- Executive Producer
- Lucy Hetherington
- Executive Producer
- Sam Bagnall
- Writer
- Simon Reeve
