Nouakchott Airport
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by StephRabem, 1/13/2008
Visited the airport twice, in the middle of the night, due to very bad incoming and outgoing flights.
Passport checks is a real mess. It looks like you are in the souks. No queueing, everybody is pushing and no respect at all. The stronger, the better; the faster the better; the smaller the better.
On arrival, taxis wait outside, and don't hassle you as usual, however they will ask for a huge fare compared to the usual fare to go the airport from town (up to 2500 UM from the airport.... but only 300 UM from town)! Taxis are generally safe. I had no problem taking them at night, alone.
However, I did not experience any attempt of bribing from the officers, neither on arrival nor on departure a few days later, which is quite an exception in Africa. A few "porteurs" do try do get some money from you in exchange of "paperworks" on your way out, but you really don't need them: all the process can be done alone, and wasn't asked for cadeaux or money from police officers.
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- friendly, but slow, customs officials
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