Two years and five days ago a man helped me make the perfect birthday present
We had barely known each other for a day when I realized I knew just the perfect birthday present for Gav. Sitting by a fire on a campsite in Tarifa we agreed that bringing a hammock on the trip around
À santé! (Food and drink in Africa, pt. 9)
Like in Germany or the US beer is the principal alcohol enjoyed on the African continent. So much so that I made it a tradition to have a 'Welcome to
Call me
Doing it the smart way I've said it before, and I'll say it again: I love my smart phone. However, before the trip I had decided that Africa wasn't the right continent for a device with a touch screen and a battery that could barely survive for one day. I had also decided that getting a travel SIM would connect me to friends and family regardless of where I was. How wrong I was!
I’m going to Timbuktu! (I think)
November 12, 2011. Yesterday we left the desert behind us and arrived in Bamako (at the hostel 'The Sleeping Camel' round the corner from the German embassy). We'll get visas for the next 4 countries and after that - Insha'Allah
Mauritania pics
Mauritania, a set on Flickr. Mauritania was a transit country. So, though we stopped there for a night, I don't even have pictures of our visit to Nouaktchott, the country's capital.
The joys of camping: Bush camping Mauritania
November 5, 2011 - After the border (and the land mines) Latitude: N 21°/ Longitude: W 16°/ Altitude: 74m The desert looks different in Mauritania: more scrubs but also more dunes, colors ranging from bright white to yellow. November 7, 2011 - Outside
Nouakchott, capital of Mauritania
November 6, 2011. Ah, life is good! Just enjoyed a cold shower - first wash after 5 nights of bush camping (not counting the brief bath in my clothes in the camel through with sulfur water). We've made our way through
Off to do some bush camping
October 15, 2011. So I managed to go down with a cold first thing after starting a trip to Africa