We entered Mauritania from Moroccan-controlled Western Sahara on the 6th of February, 2025. We took a bus through the Berm (aka the Moroccan Western Sahara Wall) from Dakhla to Nouadhibou. At the Guerguerat border crossing, we used our Mauritanian eVisa to enter. The Guerguerat Border in Short In winter, there’s a one-hour time shift between Morocco and Mauritania. In Mauritania (UTC), it’s one hour later than in Morocco (UTC+1). Unless it’s a few weeks before Ramadan, when Morocco also moves to UTC, until about a week after Ramadan, when it switches back to UTC+1 Depending on the time zone MoroccoContinue reading
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How to Become a Ninja of the Lima City Bus
Public transportation isn’t my expertise at all, but over the last few weeks in Lima (writing a new Digital Nomads Guide!) I had to learn and master the art of navigating the Lima City Bus system. A big thanks to Marian Knittler for letting me use his photos for this article. Check out his photography on Flickr. A little background information: Lima is Perú’s capital city and the metropolitan area is home to about 9 million people. That’s almost one third of the country’s population. Enormous! The city has a very primal and basic metro system that doesn’t really do anythingContinue reading