Already when we went to bed, we could hear them chatting and singing, the fishermen at work fishing in the bay. They continued throughout the night. They are all Senegalese, according to Victor, because the Mauritanians don’t know how to fish and feel to be too superior to do this work. With dawn, they slowly… Read More What a small world! [Day #12: 13.10.2023]
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]
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
The night was restless due to the uncomfortable and worn out beds and noise from the nearby road. There was no water in my room in any of the buckets or from any of the taps. So brushing your teeth with bottled water it was and a quick cleaning with it as well. That’ll have… Read More Welcome back to African Civilisation [Day #07: 08.10.2023]
Sometimes your gut feeling does proof your right! On Monday, I went back to the Guinean Embassy here and I was about to ask the consul if he was able to do anything about my application he struggled to find in the system Thursday last week. After a bit of waiting I was lead into… Read More Lost in Guinean Cyberspace T-5
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