It’s 5pm and we are now the only guests in the camp. After a walk to the main road to purchase some grease and a few ‘bits n pieces’ for the larder, it’s time to completely relax. Read and write. There’s just the slightest breeze and it’s a humid 26.5deg…
The days are merging. There is not enough time to relax and write our stories. Today I’m writing about yesterday, which was challenging, to say the least. We can’t have traveled more than 100k’s but it took us from 9.30am till dark to complete it.The drive from Camp Afridi to…
Another early start. Alarm set for 6am for an 8am departure from the camp. We had to do some shuffling of campers vehicles to get out and were on the way to the Guinea Embassy, 8k’s across the other side the city. The reason for an early start was try…
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,…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
Another peaceful night in the isolation of a desert camp. We are approx 30k’s from the road to Chinguetti. We are enroute to Chinguetti. It apparently holds priceless historical Islamic scriptures and records and is also a historic town. Breaking camp and on the road by 10.30am, it’s only 30k’s…
Another desert campsite 1mile in from the road. Bliss. Not too windy this morning and lovely and cool 14degC. Today we are heading for Atar. Despite the miles of flat emptiness that surrounds us here, there are mountains in Mauritania. We’re heading for them and some amazing scenery, according to…