I managed to sleep a bit later this morning but by 0730 I was well and truly ready for breakfast. Turned out so was Kevin who was already in the restaurant, and Mateo who turned up a few minutes after…
The beginning of the end
Although there was no rush to be moving this morning after over two months of being up at (or before) 0530 pretty much all of us were at breakfast by the appointed 0700 – Australian Kevin and I had even…
Bus day round Abidjan
huge thunder storm at 0100 with torrential rain (luckily I’d put my fly on before going to bed) late start with breakfast at 0730 – packed lunches for the bus journey for some strange reason Dominic decided he wanted to…
Man rest day
Not the best night’s sleep I ever had – I woke around midnight to discover I had a couple of mozzies in my tent and they’d been biting me which meant that not only did I have to find and…
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…
Dakar rest days
We’ve had three full rest days here in Dakar as well as most of the day we came in. It’s been great to have some time to unwind, get some jobs done, and also get to see some of the…
Nouakchott rest day
I spent quite a bit of time wandering round the town this morning on the hunt for a replacement laptop charger which I have somehow misplaced – it’s not the end of the world because I can still charge my…
Alive and well in Mauritania
As I expected connectivity has been a challenge in Mauritania so just a quick update to let you all know that I’m alive and well in Nouakchott, the capital. We got here yesterday afternoon but the hotel Wifi is very…
Relaxing by the beach (Dakhla rest day)
It was wonderful to sleep in a real bed last night after over two weeks of non-stop camping, and then not to have to wake up at any particular time was even better. In the end Ray was the first…
Raining in the desert (Boujdour rest day)
It rained off-and-on overnight, and the wind has continued to blow in the ‘right’ direction – long may that continue! (Not the rain – that can go, but the winds from the north can definitely stay). After a slow start…