The Finish Line
January 28, 2018 The finish line of the rally was in Serrekunda, right next to the capital city of Banjul. It’s a beach town, so hotels and restaurants have sprung up near the main road…
Overlanding in The Gambia – Roadblocks Everywhere
January 27, 2018 The Gambia is the smallest country on the African continent. Yet to get from Janjanbureh to Tendaba, about 100 miles, took us several hours. This was due to the countless roadblocks that are…
We Drifted Down The Gambia River On A Ferry
January 26, 2018 I wasn’t even surprised anymore whenever we got lost. We wanted to go off-road and follow the provided GPS coordinates but the itinerary proved to be very challenging. We ended up on…
Overlanding in Senegal II. – Taking it Easy
January 25, 2018 A noise woke us up in the morning as if we had set up our tent in the middle of a village market. About 50 cars were camping under a bunch of…
Overlanding in Senegal – Baobab Trees and Remote Villages
January 24, 2018 We were woken up early by the muezzin, so we weren’t the last ones to get ready in the morning for a change and we even had time for breakfast.We filled up…
Entering Senegal – Seeing Cultivated Land Again
January 23, 2018 Nouakchott wasn’t supposed to be on our off-road tour itinerary, so we had to plan our own route for this day in order to meet up with the rally teams again. It…
The Dangerous Roads of Mauritania – A Terrible Day
January 22, 2018 The off-road stage that followed the very difficult Sahara Desert section from the previous day would be similarly difficult, we were told. Hence, we decided to skip the off-road section and head…
Overlanding in the Sahara Desert – A Challenging Day
January 21, 2018 The rally stage from our desert camp near Bou Lanoar to the bivouac near Atar turned out to be the most challenging of the whole trip.We had a very early start again…
Mauritania and the Dirtiest Town in Africa
January 20, 2018 We started our day very early, leaving the camp at around 6am. We were heading for the Mauritanian border, and knowing that another 130 cars had the same plans for the day,…
The Road to Dakhla on the Atlantic Coast
January 19, 2018 One of the downsides – among many – of a disputed territory such as Western Sahara, is that some areas can be full of landmines. In some parts of this region it’s…
Western-Sahara
January 18, 2018 Our goal for the day was Laayoune, the Capital of Western Sahara, about 360 miles from Icht. After quickly washing the mud off of the windscreens, we left the hotel, driving west…
Is this Off-Roading?
January 17, 2018 I’ve done some research around the definition of ‘off-roading’ or ‘off-road driving’, and there is a debate on where can you draw a line between on-road and off-road. I don’t think we…
Midelt to Ouarzazate – Meeting Great People and the F-16 Fighter Jet
January 16, 2018 Today’s stage was Midelt to Ouarzazate. We started very early, at around 6.30am, and headed for the off-road tracks and river beds. The previous day’s drive was really nothing compared to this…
Border Crossing into Morocco
January 15, 2018 Great sleep on the ferry, during which we arrived in… Spain. Melilla is still Spain so we had the border crossing in front of us. We expected it to be chaotic –…
Catching the Ferry from Almeria
January 14, 2018 After a great, long sleep in the outskirts of Munich the previous night, we felt so relaxed (well, Evelin did – I crashed around 3.00am) that we carried on driving overnight, only…
What is the Budapest-Bamako Rally?
January 13, 2018: Not much happened on this day other than trying to get as close to Almeria, Spain, where our ferry left from, as possible. Motorway miles, just to get to the end of…
The Start of Our African Adventure and the Budapest-Bamako Rally
January 12, 2018 Start date! The long awaited start date of the Budapest-Bamako Rally had actually arrived. It was quite a long wait, with preparations taking place over the previous weeks and even months. A…
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