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Day 57. Tuesday 14th Feb. Ziguinchor – Cap Skirring. Sengal.

It’s 8.30pm and we are parked just above the high tide mark on the beach at Cap Skirring. Well, I’m hoping we are are above the high tide mark and there are no King tides during the night! We, being Jen & I and Lars & Els. Adam decided that…

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Day 54. Saturday 11th February 2023. Camp Sukuta – The Gambia

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…

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Day 52. Thursday 9th February. Camp Afridi, Sengal to Camp Sukuta, The Gambia.

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…

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Day 50. Tuesday 7th Feb. Dakar – Mbour. Senegal.

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…

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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 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 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 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 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 38. Desert camp 300k’s from Nouakchott. 50k’s West of Atar – Desert Camp Thursday 26th January.

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…

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