The night was rough for me. The two mattresses on top of each other that were supposed to be my bed, turned both out to be completely worn out. You lay on them and within minutes you sank to the bottom and were engulfed in mattress. The worst mattress I have ever slept on. After… Read More Visiting the Chimpanzees of Bossou [Day #61, 01.12.2023]
Today was the dreaded border crossing day, the same border where just 2 weeks ago we sat in the heat for countless hours and only just made it through before the border closed. A German couple arrived at Villa Maguella from Morocco having been at the border for 6 hours and a couple we met… Read More The ad said parking and a sea view [C&T, Day # 45: 30.11.2023]
Like the three bikers, we had an early start this morning. When I met Alex in the hotel corridor shortly before seven a.m., he was besides himself and grumpy as hell. He had slept badly, he told me. The bed was as soft as mine but he had a mattress spring poking him in the… Read More Miriam Makeba and the Capital Run [Day #57, 27.11.2023]
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]
In order to be at the border with Mauritania early, we got up when it was still dark. We still had 86km to drive from our hotel to the border post. A quick wash and then breakfast at the back of our cars in front of the hotel as the hotel restaurant was still closed.The… Read More The longest border crossing ever [Day #44, 14.11.2023]
Abidjan-Marrakech-Abidjan Overland Expedition 2023 
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