Dakar to Somone
YESTERDAY – I managed to renew my Passavant (temporary import permit) for the bike yesterday, but only just as it required some financial persuasion. Finding the Douane in the city …
All Roads lead to Dakar
Sadly I had to leave the Zebrabar this morning. I am definitely stopping at the Zebrabar on the way back. Definitely. I wish now that I had stopped at St …
Hello ‘Cousin IT’…
So there I was, riding along the moonscape which is the Diama Road, minding my own business while hanging onto the bike for dear life and sweating like crazy – …
Hello SENEGAL…!
Aaaaaaaand…. I crossed over into Senegal today..! I left Nouakachott early this morning with an easy 150 miles to ride. I was heading for a hotel in the National Park …
The Long Road South to Nouakachott
Sadly, and as much as I loved being in this oasis of calm at Villa Maguela in Nouadhibou, I had to head south. Leaving early I said my goodbye’s and …
Hello Mauritania…!
And yes, I’m here and I’m still alive….! When I passed through the border for Mauritania I should have bought a simcard, but like an idiot I didn’t, thinking I …
The Sahara – Dakhla, a buried bike and then south to Mauritania…
Well, that was fun…. It was about 6.30pm and had just eaten and was feeling at one with the world – when a 4×4 with several armed soldiers arrived. The …
The Sahara – TanTan to Laayoune
At the moment I am halfway between Laayoune and Dakhla, camping in a sandy and rocky desert depression about 1km away from the main road, which means I’m well out …
TanTan…!
This afternoon I arrived at El Ouatia – which is near the port of Tan Tan and about 10kms further west. I had a ride around Tan Tan but there …
Over the Mountains from Tata to Icht
What a completely exhausting day. The plan today was to ride to Icht, which was going to be a ride of about around 150 kms – before I decided to …