By today, we have certainly earned our polka dot jersey, or ‘maillot à pois rouges’, that the King of the Mountains wear at the Tour de France.But first things first. The night was extremely cold. This morning shortly before six, I woke up being cold. The thermometer inside my roof top tent read 6.2°C. Brrrrr!… Read More Earned our ‘maillot à pois rouges’ [Day #38, 08.11.2023]
We had lovely lamb chops and braaibroodjes for dinner last night. The two cats of the camp ground sneeked around while beging for food. After the washing up we sat for a while telling Southern African travel and bush stories, before everyone retreated to their tents.The night was calm, until wind came up around 4:30… Read More Loosing their cultural heritage [Day #37, 07.11.2023]
The night didn’t feel as cold as the night before, although it was a mere 12°C when I got up at 07:30. Winter and snow is definitely around the corner. We had a quick and easy breakfast with cereals, bread and coffee. On time we left the camping after waving goodbye to a young couple… Read More From the moon into the dunes [Day #34, 04.11.2023]
Our Saturday excursion programme took us south, towards the Atlas Mountains near a village called Ourika. For a long time we had wanted to visit the magical garden, the well-known Austrian artist André Heller had created with art works of Keith Haring, Igor Mitoraj, Edgar Tezak, Pablo Picasso, Hans Werner Geerdts, and many other locally… Read More Anima & Saffron [Day #27: 28.10.2023]
In two grand taxis we set out to visit one of the touristic highlights of Marrakech: the Jardin Majorelle. The garden is a one-hectare botanical garden and artist’s landscape garden in the neighbourhood of our hotel. It was created by the French Orientalist artist Jacques Majorelle over almost forty years, starting in 1923, and features… Read More Jardin Majorelle [Day #23: 24.10.2023]
Abidjan-Marrakech-Abidjan Overland Expedition 2023 