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Day 19 - BAMAKO!
We made it! The 5 of us and 1 car to donate have made the finish point!
After a market stall breakfast its another long day of hot driving south through Mali. We give the last of the footballs away to 2 delighted kids on a bicycle. The footballs have been a real highlight of the [...]
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Day 18 - The Long Drive East to Mali
Up early to hit road. Much ground to make up from yesterday if we want to make the Mali border today.
Its disappointing not to be surfing Dakar and giving the boards away in Senegal but needs must if we are to make it to Bamako, the finish point, to donate at least one car (every [...]
Day 17 - Cars starting to feel the pressure
Run around to see if any beach to give away surfboards, no joy. Leave with boxy but good at 10 with tom in the Volvo. Volvo conks out. Eventually a passing truck mechanic generously sorts it out. Lovely guy we give him a football, bracelet and shirt! We lose a few hours, get going again.
Next [...]
Day 16 - Peugeot has gone
Relaxing morning on the beach waiting for tide to drop. Then whiz the 100 or so kms along the beach and dodging through the sea and around rocky sections. Excellent! Some more high rev sand driving to get off the beach and we’re back on tarmac at last!
Into Nouakchott. Find rest of the group but [...]
Day 15 - Stuck in the Sahara
Beautiful at first light. Others return but no 4X4. They got stuck last night only 10km away. Dig+push peugeot. Great team effort to get another 200m sweating but sticks again. Getting late and need to go. Leave some gear with it, a very sad moment as we might not be able to come back for [...]
Day 14 - Rally Driving In The Sand
Went sand rally driving for a while and then we hit some serious sand. 2kms of soft sinky stuff. All cars stuck even the 4×4. Get the Nissan sports car, 4×4 and Audi out at high speed. But van and Peugeot stuck fast. Not budging.
Guide can’t move them so goes for help to see if [...]
Day 13 - Right into the desert
Off into the sand. No track i can see. Sand and rocks and dust and sand. Cars get stuck in the sand and we push out, use sand ladders and carpet….exhausting hot work… but as we get better this happens less. Fantastic flooring it through the sand sliding and wheel spinning all over the place!
Have [...]
Day 12 - Into No mans land
6am out in convoy with 10 other teams from Dakla. Dawn over the desert.
Sand and big waves down the coast on the right on the endless desolate beach. Midday border out of Morocco. Have managed to lose Audi`s import docs. Ooops. Bit shady for a while but the big man finishes his lunch moans in [...]
Days 10 and 11 - Western Sahara
Day 10
Drive south from Tarfaye….flat flat terrain. Scrub and light brown. Not sure exactly where but cross into W.Sahara. Layounne, garrison town and mad hunt for unleaded fuel for the audi. Non. Fill up tank and jerrycans with normal leaded fuel and hope its ok!
South….sand dunes common now. Al Marsa port but not looking good [...]
