Again the muezzins woke me up early in the morning with a real cacophony of prayer calls from all directions and at various times and lengths. Afterwards it was difficult to fall back asleep again. It was so nice and cool this morning. The heat of the previous day had completely vanished and the humidity… Read More We lost our fellow expedition members, Charlotte and Trevor [Day #54, 24.11.2023]
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]
Ever since Alex texted us, that he had boarded this special Boeing 737 in Abidjan, Trevor and I had been tracking the plane on our mobile phones throughout the night. Trevor went to bed for a short nap, but got up again around 1 a.m., while I kept the watch and killed time by watching… Read More The eagle has landed, finally [Day #49, 19.11.2023]
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]
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 