<div>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. <br><br>Whether travelers are planning just a week's excursion in Morocco or a two-month trans-Saharan expedition<i> Sahara Overland--A Route and Planning Guide</i> offers all the essential advice, background information, and inspiration to complete their journey safely.<br><br>Features include:<br>*Documentation--what visitors need and how to get it<br>*Choice of transport--4WD, motorcycle, bicycle, or even camel<br>*Preparing the vehicle--without spending a fortune<br>*Trans-Mediterranean ferries<br>*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)<br>*Improvising repairs, plus desert driving, and riding techniques<br>*Navigation and survival--what to do when things go wrong<br>*Background--Saharan peoples, pre-historic art, and land forms<br>*300 b&w photographs and 30 color photographs<br>*50 route maps and 2 pages of color maps<br></div>