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Scapheap Challenge

Day 26… Thursday 27 April A short drive to Tambacounda along a quiet scenic road through several villages.  Items being sold along the roadside included coal and timber.  Checked into...

Greta Goes East

Day 25… Wednesday 26th April Essential items needed every day since arriving in Senegal: Deet (50%).  The mosquitoes always seem to find a way to bite and I am covered. ...

Escape from Dakar

Day 24… Tuesday 25th April Found a large supermarket where security was high.  We had 2 security guards standing next to Greta on our return.  I gave them some small...

Mean streets of Dakar

Day 23… Monday 24th April Tasks to do today: Find an ATM that works to get out more local currency.  Cash economy here.  4th attempt was a success. Find a...

Deathly dash through Dakar

Day 22… Packed up, paid up and said goodbye to our fellow campers.  We drove with Ben a nice German chap to Thies which was en-route to Dakhar.  Another hectic...

Time to hit the brakes

Days 20 and 21 (21st and 22nd April)… Zebrabar campsite is a really nice place just outside St Louis so we decided to stay for another 2 nights.  It is...

Van life

Living out of a Toyota Hilux has some benefits.  It has only been 3 weeks but slowly finding where everything is and re-packing/unpacking to get it better organised.  It is...

Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome

Day 19… Early start as the winds had not died down.  Plenty of camels, cattle and goats crossing the road at several places.  More sand dunes and trees.  The temperature...

A fiche’y day

Day 18… A communal start to the day with our hosts and fellow travellers with tea/coffee plus several furry friends.  Around 6 hour drive to Nouakchott through sandy dunes and...

Crossing the Tropic of Cancer

Day 17… On-route today to the Mauritanian border.  Set off around 9.30am.  Quiet road for 4 hours with hardly a passing vehicle – probably 8 at most.  It really does...

Dune!

Day 16… Decided to split the drive time today as the original plan was an 8 hour drive and with the Mauritanian border crossing it would have been a long...

We’re on the road to nowhere

Day 15… 6 hour drive today from El Ouatia to Boujdour in Western Sahara.  No official boarder crossing, just a line of the paper map.  The landscape has become much...
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