If anyone is wondering about the strange appearance of the blog well here' the reason... This whole blog is being written using only a mobile phone - with built in GPS. I can't edit the blog or even view it whilst travelling so in essence you are seeing it before me!
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Today we are off to Adadir to meet-up with Speggo and Elaine and then we're off to Tiznit. We are approx 5 days from Senegal.
Monday, 7 January 2008
Sunday, 6 January 2008
Tizi N Test pass
We are now rough camping with a fire and stars for company. Tizi N Test pass in the Atlas mountains was wonderful - 70 miles of mountain hairpin bends - single track a lot of the way with a little snow ice at the top.
Lots of red mud villages on route. All villagers smiled and waved. Managed to video some of them since I was driving the L200 + trailer today.
At the top of the pass there were 3 Ambulance vans - from Bath Fire brigade on the Plymouth Banjul run.
Camped at the foot of the pass 200 m away from the road. Very quickly joined by 3 young locals on a donkey, their dad and about 60 goats.
Atlas Mountains
Sms 19507 Over Atlas Mountains today. No rain yday and for the nx 5 days. Ironic that all our tents were wet INSIDE last eveng due to the water in t air. A pain
Saturday, 5 January 2008
Route to Marrakech
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Dennis had a punture today. Afternoon spent cleaning/preping. Evening at the souk
Dennis had a punture today. Afternoon spent cleaning/preping. Evening at the souk
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Sms M@S19412 @Hotel BelAir (no sink plug) last night. Paul said some1 was sawing wood all night in his room - I did forwarn. VG Cafe Chicken. Marrakech 2day
Friday, 4 January 2008
Mauritanian Visas...
We collected the Mauritanian visas today at Rabat. I was told, in passing, by a Frenchman that the Paris (Lisbon) Dakar has been cancelled by the French government. We need to see what impact this has upon us.
SO - we need time to think. It seems that the problem relates to the Algerian border - the other end of the country to our route.
Meanwhile it rained again today - for the third consecutive day. Steve is unwell and went off to the doctors. He's not driving/riding for 4 days.
We continued south past Casablanca and towards Marakesh. Now in a cheap (300 dirham) hotel for the night.
Here's todays route:
SO - we need time to think. It seems that the problem relates to the Algerian border - the other end of the country to our route.
Meanwhile it rained again today - for the third consecutive day. Steve is unwell and went off to the doctors. He's not driving/riding for 4 days.
We continued south past Casablanca and towards Marakesh. Now in a cheap (300 dirham) hotel for the night.
Here's todays route:
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Sms M@S19312 Many deafening squalls during night. - had FIVE extra guy ropes and they were needed + v large pegs. Dry periods in morn4packing. Visa and the off to Casablanca
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