The breakfast provided as part of our room was only served from 8.30 this morning and so we were a little later than usual in leaving. It was a bit misty but overall visibility was OK. Our first stop was to visit an old French fort on the hillside above the town of Mirleft (we… Read More Another close shave [C&T, Day # 50: 5.12.2023]
Today was a relatively quiet (2nd) day at the sea in Foum el-Oued just outside of Laayoune. We headed to Laayoune which is a reasonably sized and modern city of about 270,000 inhabitants and has well maintained tree lined streets and beautiful parks. Our first stop was the Cathedral of St Francis of Assisi, built… Read More 10,000 km [C&T, Day # 48: 3.12.2023]
The car was wet, covered in dew this morning and it was quite cloudy. It was scarcely light when we hit the road, first searching for an ATM which took us to 3 banks before we could get cash. We had read about a hot water spring just off the road a few kms before… Read More Long, straight tarred roads, is it boring ![C&T, Day # 47: 2.12.2023]
The night was mild, but humid. We were right at the coast never the less. When we woke up this morning, our cars and tents had quite a bit of dew on it, that one could have thought that it had rained overnight. It hadn’t. 16°C and 100% humidity and some fog, let’s you collect… Read More Heading South, Heading Home [Day #41, 11.11.2023]
Abidjan-Marrakech-Abidjan Overland Expedition 2023 