Today was the dreaded border crossing day, the same border where just 2 weeks ago we sat in the heat for countless hours and only just made it through before the border closed. A German couple arrived at Villa Maguella from Morocco having been at the border for 6 hours and a couple we met… Read More The ad said parking and a sea view [C&T, Day # 45: 30.11.2023]
Took a drive down the peninsula to Cap Blanc today. The road takes you past the iron ore terminal which was billowing reddish dust into the air while loading the ship. It must be distinctly unpleasant to work in all that dust. It also passes the oil depot which creates its own petroleum smell. At… Read More Flies, flies and more flies [C&T, Day # 44: 29.11.2023]
The mosquitoes had a feast on Trevor in the Bedouin tent largely because we had misplaced our bug spray in the car ! Charlotte seemed to escape them after she got up very early for a nature call she decided it was then easier to sit in the car rather than become a contortionist to… Read More Eaten Alive [C&T, Day # 43: 28.11.2023]
Today we got up early and started packing between having breakfast. We paid our camping bill and headed for the petrol station to get petrol for the stove and 20l of diesel for the jerrycan to avoid filling up with dirty Mauritanian fuel. The Shell station had no diesel so after filling the stove bottle we went… Read More Nouakchott here we come again [C&T, Day # 42: 27.11.2023]
Today is Trevor’s 65 birthday ! We decided that we would take a drive around the island off St Louis, which has a real colonial feel to it with old style buildings, fishing boats and restaurants. But first we needed to get some provisions which we did at the Auchan supermarket, which we know from… Read More A birthday in St Louis [C&T, Day # 41: 26.11.2023]
Abidjan-Marrakech-Abidjan Overland Expedition 2023 
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