The night was still quite humid and hot despite the sea breeze. This certainly did not help us to sleep well. We both got up early when the first sun razes hit us, had a lovely proper shower and started packing in Eeyore. The staff was wonderfully accommodating. They served us a very delicious breakfast… Read More Camel pasta & fellow Overlanders [Day #11: 12.10.2023]
After a restless night, we got up early to pack everything back in, ready to drive across border number three into country number four: Mauritania. A quick self-made coffee helped us to speed up the packing amidst the heat and humidity already high in the early morning. An hour and a half later and everything… Read More From St. Louis via Doubei and Badgad to Nouakchott [Day #10: 11.10.2023]
Christoph slept pretty badly and compared his tent to a one person private sauna. I must admit, I slept quite well despite the heat in my roof top tent with natural air conditioning, i.e. the sea breeze.In the morning, before being able to prepare any hot breakfast, I had to service our little stove that… Read More Caribbean meets West-Africa [Day #09: 10.10.2023]
Departure date is fast approaching. It feels somewhat surreal to actually be starting a substantially revised journey following the original 2020 plan that had to be aborted due to COVID. The vehicle is different, a 2021 Ford Ranger Wildtrak versus a 2004 RAV4, occupants (Trevor & Charlotte) now retired and living an active life in… Read More Countdown D-6 for vehicle 2 coming from Portugal
We have made it back to the Atlantic Ocean. But more of that later.We left the hunting lodge, where we spent the night, after a nice breakfast with bread, eggs, jam, cheese and a nice coffee. The temperature was already climbing again. 26°C at 08:00 am. It is gonna be a hot day!The rooms there… Read More Arrived back at the Ocean [Day: #08: 09.10.2023]
Abidjan-Marrakech-Abidjan Overland Expedition 2023 
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