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The Grand Tour's "Sand Job," Nothing to See Here, I'm Afraid

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Sand Job” takes the presenters to the remote and little-viewed country of Mauritania, located in the northeast corner of Africa southwest of Algeria. In reality the race ran its initial course until 2007, then was canceled in 2008 due to intense security concerns in Mauritania. If you’re not about that, turn back now.)

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My journey to and on the Mauritanian Iron Ore Train

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The journey to Mauritania also attracted me because it went through Southern Spain and Morocco, where I had never been before. It wasn’t far; I had calculated that if I travelled non-stop, I could reach Mauritania in just five days. To see nothing but desert for miles as a Dutch person? Ben Amera in Mauritania.