Saharan dust reprise

The siesta is a strange Dreamtime like space. In case you were wondering.

It is 2187 km to Edinburgh from here. Going south by road and ferry 2112km gets you to Ras Agedir on the Tunisia/Libya border via Scicily and the Trapani-Tunis crossing.

Going to Genoa and taking the ferry to Tunis would get you to Qaryat in west central Libya in 2112km. From there it is a mere 590km drive due south to Murzuch.

The road south stops in Murzuch. To reach Diffa in Niger - one of the nearest settlements to the south - requires a massive looping journey to the west through Algeria , and south and then east through Niger: a distance of 3295km.

The point to point direct distance is between Murzuch and Diffa is 1407km.