7th November - Mauritania, and into Senegal.
By text at 13:49pm
Just about to reach the border and picking up a signal from Senegal over the river. We spent out first night in Mauritania exploring the capital's illegal drinking dens and night clubs, finishing the night at 1:30am with a camel kebab.
This morning drove the 125 miles to the Senegal River - also the southern border. The country is very sad - seems it used to have an infrastructure; now showers and loos with no water supply, lighting with no electricity and mobile masts with no aerials.
16:46pm
Have been waiting at the border/ferry for over 2 hours, with no indication as to when we'll cross - so where we'll make our camp site tonight.
20:52 pm
Sengegalese bureaucracy continues. 7 hours from starting and we arrived at customs, where we will kip tonight as johnny has no dynamo.
We've been given permission to have the cars in the country for 24 hours before getting our Carnets processed in Dakar. Dakar is 250 miles away and we have to get there by 3pm, so leaving at 6am - first light. this is not Africa's best side!
21:22pm
Tents pitched, food being cooked, Matt gone in search of beer, while the boys not on the beer hunt have been conducting a scrap heap challenge with head torches among the abandoned cars and bikes. Things looking up, but it will be a short night.
By text at 13:49pm
Just about to reach the border and picking up a signal from Senegal over the river. We spent out first night in Mauritania exploring the capital's illegal drinking dens and night clubs, finishing the night at 1:30am with a camel kebab.
This morning drove the 125 miles to the Senegal River - also the southern border. The country is very sad - seems it used to have an infrastructure; now showers and loos with no water supply, lighting with no electricity and mobile masts with no aerials.
16:46pm
Have been waiting at the border/ferry for over 2 hours, with no indication as to when we'll cross - so where we'll make our camp site tonight.
20:52 pm
Sengegalese bureaucracy continues. 7 hours from starting and we arrived at customs, where we will kip tonight as johnny has no dynamo.
We've been given permission to have the cars in the country for 24 hours before getting our Carnets processed in Dakar. Dakar is 250 miles away and we have to get there by 3pm, so leaving at 6am - first light. this is not Africa's best side!
21:22pm
Tents pitched, food being cooked, Matt gone in search of beer, while the boys not on the beer hunt have been conducting a scrap heap challenge with head torches among the abandoned cars and bikes. Things looking up, but it will be a short night.
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