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Day 48. Dakar. Senegal. Sunday 5th February.

Last night Adam decided he needed the peace and quiet of a hotel room next door. Also, to have a hot shower in clean conditions.He was back early this morning not having slept due to a discotheque under his room that was still going at 5am. Jen said this morning,…

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Day 47. Saturday, 4th February. Dakar, Senegal.

We have many things we need to do in Dakar, but being the weekend offices aren’t open and so we have to wait until Monday. We made a start by phoning a mechanic. Didier, the Frenchman we met at Auberge Triskell, had recommended a good Land Rover mechanic and we…

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Day 46. Zebrabar, Saint Louis to Dakar. Friday 3rd February.

Today has been an interesting day. The drive to Dakar full of surprises. As I mentioned earlier, Sengal is a very different country. Wikipeadia describes it as heavily indebted and poor with a population of 17million. Half of it’s expenditure goes in education. This is clearly showing. Children and teenagers…

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Day 45. Thursday, 2nd February. At Zebrabar, South of St. Louis, Senegal.

Despite our exhaustion we didn’t get a good night. Lots of noise, talking and dogs barking. It was interesting to see our location in daylight. We are beside water. It sounds like the sea, but it is actually the Senegal river. The sea is a short distance away, beyond a…

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Day 44. Nouachott, Mauritania to Zebrabar, Saint Louis, Senegal – 1st February 2023

The day has dawned cloudy…mmmm…..and it’s looking, dare I say, like rain could be imminent.However, checking in at www.Accuweather.com, the forecast is for a nice day, cloudy but only 29deg. Whew!Because if it were to rain, the chances of getting to the Diama border would be zero, due to mud.…

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Day 43. Tuesday, 31st January. From our camp in Parc National des Oiseaux du Djoudj back to Nouakchott

I struggled to get back to sleep after Dennis’s crazy idea to get up at 1am. So at 5 we decided we would get up and on the road back to Nouakchott. By the time we had cooked porridge and packed up it was 7.45, but still pitch black. I…

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Day 42. Monday 30th Jan. Nouakchott – Diama Senegal.

Oh! What a day!!! The alarm on my phone was set to 7am. The idea was to leave by 9am when our other Landy companions wanted to depart too. It was all a bit of musical chairs as four vehicles were packed in like sardines at Auburge Triskell. The German/Russian…

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Day 41. Sunday, 29th January. At Auberge Triskell in Nouakchott

Last night we spent a convivial evening having dinner with Didier and Pascale, the French couple also in a TD5 Defender, who are staying at Auberge Triskell too. Mousaka and salad was the offering of the evening. Accompanied sadly by non-alcoholic beer. Mauritania is a “dry” country. Today there isn’t…

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Day 40. Saturday, 28th January. Nouakchott.

From our desert camp it was only 180ks’ back to the city. There are police stops every 50 or so k’s and I enjoy trying to avoid giving them a “Fische” a piece of paper with our passport numbers and car registration details. Jen gives me a hard time as…

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Day 39. Friday, 27th January. From one Desert Camp to another between. Chinguetti and Nouakchott.

Last night the wind came from nowhere, just as we were getting our bedding ready in Poki. Without having the Caranex erected the wind is no problem. It is impossible to stop the noise from something flapping. With the portable airconditioning on and wind rocking Poki, we were soon asleep…

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