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2014
Jul 2014
Tue 1 Jul 08:05
Roomassare onwards north through the islands
2011
Apr 2011
Thu 21 Apr 08:38
Statistics
Wed 6 Apr 05:42
Paper chase
Sun 3 Apr 19:16
Cleaning
Sat 2 Apr 19:11
Thanks
Home photos
Day 148: Mission Accomplished! Home!
Mar 2011
Thu 31 Mar 16:26
Day 147: Home strait
Day 146: South Africa - 18th country!
Tue 29 Mar 14:27
Day 145:
Day 144: Orange River
Sun 27 Mar 17:52
Day 143: Ai Ais and the thermal springs
Day 142: Another lazy day
Fri 25 Mar 10:34
Day 140: 20 weeks!
Thu 24 Mar 06:40
Day 139: Wonderful country
Tue 22 Mar 18:10
Day 138: Land Rover Repairs
Mon 21 Mar 18:39
Day 137: Out of the Tropics
Sun 20 Mar 18:41
Day 136: Windhoek
Iridium phone
Congo roads
Sat 19 Mar 18:07
Day 135: Windhoek
Day 134: Idling in Namibia
Thu 17 Mar 20:04
Day 134: Etosha in the rain
Wed 16 Mar 18:48
Day 132: Namibia, at last!
Day 131: Nearly out of Angola
Tue 15 Mar 07:28
Day 130: Lubango
Mon 14 Mar 05:36
Day 129: Slogging it out through Angola
Sat 12 Mar 19:41
Day 128: Good progress into Angola
Fri 11 Mar 18:51
Day 127: Ready for Angola
Thu 10 Mar 19:54
Day 126: DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo, formerly Zaire)
Wed 9 Mar 17:36
Day 125: Cabinda at last
Tue 8 Mar 20:11
Day 124: Stuffed by Shrove Tuesday
Day 123: Pointe Noire life
Sun 6 Mar 18:58
Day 122: Expat Sunday life
Fri 4 Mar 18:25
Day 120 :Into Congo
Thu 3 Mar 18:39
Day 119: Rain and more rain
Wed 2 Mar 16:59
Day 118: The Albert Sweitzer Hospital
Cameroon summary
Tue 1 Mar 17:36
Day 117: Lambarene
Day 116: Lope National Park
Feb 2011
Mon 28 Feb 13:10
Day 115: Crossing the Line
Sat 26 Feb 16:03
Day 114: Gabon
Fri 25 Feb 20:29
Day 113: On the way to Gabon
Thu 24 Feb 16:36
Day 112: Liming
Wed 23 Feb 13:41
Day 111: Beach life again
Day 110: Copped again!
Tue 22 Feb 06:30
Day 109: Yaounde
Sun 20 Feb 16:24
Day 108: Planning
Sat 19 Feb 16:51
Day 107:
Day 106: Back to the steam
Thu 17 Feb 15:52
Nigeria summary
Road photos
Day 104: Enjoying the cool air
Tue 15 Feb 17:47
Day 103: Cool air at 1,000 metres
Day 102: Through the rain forests
Mon 14 Feb 07:17
Day 101: Cameroon
Sat 12 Feb 19:29
Day 100: Excitement
Day 99: Into the forest
Thu 10 Feb 17:51
Two thirds progress check
Day 98: Mountain air
Day 97: On the move again
Wed 9 Feb 07:16
Day 96: Champing at the bit
Mon 7 Feb 09:53
Day 95: Angola visas
Sun 6 Feb 12:33
Day 94: Waiting in Abuja (2)
Day 93: Waiting in Abuja
Sat 5 Feb 08:53
Day 92: Rain!
Day 91: Abuja
Thu 3 Feb 11:59
Day 90: A long hard day
Tue 1 Feb 20:21
Day 89: Nigeria - the derelict country
Jan 2011
Mon 31 Jan 18:03
Day 88: Nigeria
Day 87: Dahomey history lesson
Sat 29 Jan 20:39
Day 86: Voodoo and motos in Benin
Fri 28 Jan 16:57
Day 85: Another day, another country: Benin, country # 9
Thu 27 Jan 17:08
Day 84: Visa mission accomplished
Wed 26 Jan 17:35
Ghana summary
Day 83: Heat is killing us
Tue 25 Jan 21:36
Day 82: Country # 8 Togo
Mon 24 Jan 16:52
Day 81: Fined again!
Sun 23 Jan 10:09
Day 79: Camping by the sea
Fri 21 Jan 20:50
Day 78: Good to go
Thu 20 Jan 20:13
Day 77: Accra again
Wed 19 Jan 17:54
Day 76: Day of progress
Tue 18 Jan 21:11
Day 75: LR problems
Burkina Faso summary
Tombouctou photos
Mon 17 Jan 21:07
Day 74: Accra (4)
Sun 16 Jan 19:12
Day 73: Halfway progress check
Day 72: Accra (2)
Sat 15 Jan 14:34
Day 71: Accra
Thu 13 Jan 21:22
Day 70: The worst road in Africa
Wed 12 Jan 20:11
Day 69: Ghana
Tue 11 Jan 19:46
Day 68: Hamrattan
Mon 10 Jan 21:35
Mali Summary
Day 67: Ouagadougou
Sun 9 Jan 21:25
Day 66: And Ouagadougou to you too!
Sat 8 Jan 17:34
Day 65: Back across the desert to Bandiagara
Day 64: Back to Tenere
Thu 6 Jan 21:23
Day 63: Tombouctou and the Festival au desert
Wed 5 Jan 16:21
Day 62: From here to Timbuctoo
Tue 4 Jan 16:20
Day 61: Back in Bandiagara
Sat 1 Jan 14:51
Nigeria
Day 58: New Year's Day: Bandiagara
2010
Dec 2010
Fri 31 Dec 21:51
Day 57: Djenne and Severe
Thu 30 Dec 17:28
Day 56: Djenne
Wed 29 Dec 16:57
Day 55; On the road again - Segou
Tue 28 Dec 20:13
Day 54: Bamako
Mon 27 Dec 20:18
Day 53: Fluid balance
Sun 26 Dec 17:22
Day 52: Boxing Day
Sat 25 Dec 15:28
Day 51: Christmas Day Goat fest
Fri 24 Dec 20:33
Day 50: Christmas Eve progress check
Senegal summary
Day 49: Welcome to Bamako - fined big time.
Day 48: Goodbye Senegal
Tue 21 Dec 17:59
Day 47: Mali Border
Mon 20 Dec 20:37
Day 46: Carnet de Passage
Sun 19 Dec 18:08
Day 45: Dakar lay day
Sat 18 Dec 20:22
Day 44: Fine, again
Fri 17 Dec 18:20
Day 43: Another day in St Louis
Thu 16 Dec 14:17
Mauritania Summary
Day 42: Boat trip on the Senegal River
Money
Wed 15 Dec 20:57
Day 41: St Louis
Day 40: Nightmare border crossing (2)
Day 40: Nightmare border crossing
Tue 14 Dec 09:00
Day 39: Fiche and fish
Sun 12 Dec 21:21
Day 38: 500 km of desert
Sat 11 Dec 21:36
Morocco summary
Day 37: Across a lunar scrapyard
Fri 10 Dec 20:30
Day 36: Into the Tropics
Thu 9 Dec 20:58
Day 35: The day of the fiche
Wed 8 Dec 18:07
Day 34: Nomad fesivalTan Tan
Tue 7 Dec 16:58
Day 33: Fine
Mon 6 Dec 18:20
Day 32: South by the sea
Day 31: Agadir - the dregs of Morocco
Sat 4 Dec 21:01
Day 30: Maintenance day in Zagora
Fri 3 Dec 19:24
Day 29: Zagora
Thu 2 Dec 20:10
Day 28: Sun, sand and Sahara
Wed 1 Dec 21:07
Gas
Day 27: To the dunes
Nov 2010
Tue 30 Nov 21:34
Day 26: Tinehir
The Kelly Kettle
Mon 29 Nov 07:40
Day 25: The two Gorges
Sun 28 Nov 20:05
Day 24: On top of the world above the snow line
Sat 27 Nov 19:26
Day 23: Rain and cold
Fri 26 Nov 20:01
Day 22: More meandering in the Moyen Atlas
Thu 25 Nov 19:53
Bargaining
Day 21: Meandering in the Middle Atlas
Tagines
Wed 24 Nov 20:30
Day 20: Fes
Fuel statistics
Tue 23 Nov 19:52
Day 19: Rabat to Fes
Mon 22 Nov 08:37
Re: Day 18: Rabat and a day of contrasts
Sun 21 Nov 20:34
Day 17: Volubilis, Meknes and Rabat
Day 16: Campsite near Moulay Idriss
Sat 20 Nov 16:28
Day 15: Tetouan, again!
Thu 18 Nov 15:01
Day 14: tetouan
Wed 17 Nov 09:50
Day 13: Africa!
Tue 16 Nov 18:39
Day 12: Lazy day at Rio Jara camping
Mon 15 Nov 19:42
Day 11. Tarifa - the southernmost point of Europe
Sun 14 Nov 16:34
Day 10: Day with the petrol-heads.
Day 9: Andalucian hill climb
Sat 13 Nov 07:21
Day 8: Antequera, Spain
Fri 12 Nov 05:13
Day 7: Cordoba and the road to Grenada;
Disappointments
Thu 11 Nov 05:47
Day 6: Fuente Obejuna, Andalucia
Wed 10 Nov 06:15
Tirades: British restaurant prices
Tue 9 Nov 18:53
Day 5. Snow in the Picos!
Mon 8 Nov 16:37
Day 4: Picos de Europa
Day 3: At sea in Biscay
Sun 7 Nov 07:31
Day 2: Newton Ferrers, Devon, UK
Sat 6 Nov 08:09
Day 1: Sarratt, Herts, UK
Thu 4 Nov 07:24
New contact and packing
Send Off
Oct 2010
Sun 31 Oct 20:29
Vehicle livery
Preparation: Insurance
Fri 29 Oct 21:38
Preparation: Communications
Routing and navigation
Preparation: Docmentation
Thu 28 Oct 09:30
Preparation: Medical
Wed 27 Oct 13:19
Preparation: Visas
Fri 22 Oct 21:27
The Vehicle
Thu 21 Oct 10:30
Why do we hate Banks?
Tue 19 Oct 14:47
Testing the Iridium Sat Phone
Testing the Sat Phone connection
Mon 18 Oct 22:21
Setting up systems