It did eventually cool down enough for sleeping last night but it took a while – I was glad there weren’t any mozies about (and there really weren’t this time) as it meant I could keep the sides of my…
Fantastic gravel (Stage 36)
Despite the fact that we were all camped pretty close to each other last night the white noise of the waterfall helped to drown out the nightly noises of my fellow campers whilst also keeping things nice and cool. Everything…
Everyone loves a waterfall (Actually stage 35)
Even colder last night than it had been the previous night – 8 degrees under my very, very wet fly – the drop in temperature overnight meant the water had to go somewhere, and a lot of that was on…
Off-grid in Guinea!
Though hot it’s been super cloudy the last couple of afternoons which has made laptop charging impossible! Today we’re also off to Sierra Leone, so by this afternoon I may not have a SIM card, so chances are the next…
Closed road stage (Stage 34)
I actually needed my sleeping bag last night and it was only 11 degrees when we set off – a significant change from what we’ve been having recently – don’t panic Kim we head back to lower altitudes and higher temperatures…
Loitering in Labe (Rest day)
It took a while for the drinkers in our group to call it quits, and for the boys doing the washing to get everything done, but once that was all done it was nice and quiet and cool in my…
A day of three halves (Stage 33)
Relatively cool and blissfully quiet last night which made for a great sleep. There’s also lots of the wild marjoram which grows in these parts round the edge of the field we’re camped on which makes for very fragrant night…
Back to the hills (Stage 32)
So this seemed like it was going to be such a good spot right up until the point they started the generator just as we were getting ready for bed. The noise was one thing, but the real problem was…
Time for a new country, let’s try Guinea (Stage 31)
Such a fantastic sleep last night – it was cool, it was quiet, it was dark, even a little rain on the roof at times – oh so much better than last night at disco hotel! Today was a pretty…
And then there were three (Stage 30)
An eventful evening after we got back from getting our ice cream last night. As we returned to camp Mateo came up to say that he’s going to be leaving the tour tomorrow and taking a bus back to Dakar.…