So the final statistics show that we drove 12,857 kilometres and used 1,206.36 litres of diesel, giving a respectable 9.38 litres per kilometres, especially given that the car was fully loaded (the back seats were also full to the level of the front seat headrests) and considering some of the challenging routes we were on,… Read More Concluding thoughts from C&T: 14.12.2023
Overnight it rained quite a bit so the morning was quite fresh and the air clean. We had a leisurely breakfast at the hostel, who also provide an excellent breakfast of fruit, breads, jams, tomatoes and cucumber, cheese and tea/coffee, all included in the price of the room. The hostel has an open meeting area… Read More A day of relative leisure [C&T, Day # 51: 6.12.2023]
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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