We slept well until we were woken up by the muezzin of the mosque right next door around 5:45. After a quick cold bucket shower, we were out at Eeyore for our muesli. Because the Moroccan milk was finished, we had to resort to our back up, the milk powder, that we mixed with mineral… Read More Long stint to the border [Day #60, 30.11.2023]
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]
The bungalow we slept in was small but we were so tired that we slept well. We got up and had a good breakfast of baguette, jam, omlette and coffee. After breakfast we took a walk around the camp to decide on the best place to pitch the tent. We chose a place not far… Read More A leisurely day with a boat trip [C&T, Day # 40: 25.11.2023]
The night started to be very sticky. For the first time since we entered Morocco over six weeks ago, I didn’t need my sleeping bag during the night.Later during the night, I was woken up by drips falling onto my face. I found out it was condensation accumulating on the cooler roof-top-tent roof and sadly… Read More R & R in Saint Louis [Day #50, 20.11.2023]
Abidjan-Marrakech-Abidjan Overland Expedition 2023 
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