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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 print shop and get copies of passport, carnet, yellow fever certificate and apply for e-visa for Guinea – success.  Guinea visa application approved within 24...Read More

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 drive into a major city and I wouldn’t recommend it.  We saw a car hit a trailor right in front of us which in turn...Read More

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 a peaceful spot right by the sea with plenty of shade, a bar and a restaurant.  Met fellow travellers from Austria, Switzerland and Germany who...Read More

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 quite a relief to know the essential item you are looking for is exactly where you remember it is without searching through the entire vehicle. ...Read More

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 is becoming more humid and stickier the further south we travel.  Drinking more water each day.  I have not had a cup of tea since...Read More

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 some trees.  Roads in Mauritania are in poor condition with frayed edges and large potholes. The country is noticeably poorer with buildings incomplete and/or make...Read More

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 feel like non-mans land with no humans around.  Greta breaking down at this point would be difficult unless someone driving past took pity and stopped...Read More

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 day.  The sensible decision was made to stay another night in the Western Sahara given the uncertainties of police stops, border delays and limited options...Read More

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 drier, sandier and desert like.  Flatter terrain and miles of the same.  Instead of cattle warning signs these were camel warning signs and we spotted...Read More

Day 14… Up at 6am today as the campsite had several deliveries of hardcore where they are still completing areas of the campsite.  Completely understand the need to start early before the heat if the day sets in.  Drove further south around 200 miles to El Ouatia on the coast.  The N1 road was quiet...Read More