Moonlit Sahara

Hitchhiking through the Sahara illuminated by the moon, a group of Mauritanian locals and Malian mine workers wait for the infamous iron-ore train going deep into the African desert. Transporting thousands of tons of iron-ore every day, locals make use of the train’s empty carts to hitchhike and bring goods back to their villages.

A group of local hitchhikers wait for the iorn-ore train hoping to hitch a ride back to their villages in the Sahara Desert.

On the outskirts of the port city Nouadhibou on the west African coast, people wait late into the night hoping to hitch a ride on the freight train on its way back into the desert mines. Transporting thousands of tons of iron-ore every day, locals make use of the train’s empty carts to hitchhike and bring goods back to their villages.