Munich to Cape Town
Our Ivory Coast visit ended up just being a short visit. We drove in from North-East Liberia to Man where we stayed one night. Then we went to Yamoussokro where we spent the day and spent another night. From Liberia to Yamossokro the roads where extremely exhausting. Every 50 meters there as a hole so … Continue reading Ivory Coast short stop
Entering Liberia was one of the greatest feelings we had on our trip. Finally everybody spoke English! All the countries we had been in till now they didn’t speak a word of it and we had such a hard time communicating with the locals. So entering the border we just stood and talked with the … Continue reading Liberia and finally english!
The border to Guinea was a two day drive from Dakar. The road there wasn’t particularly eventful, but we wild camped both days. One of those nights we encountered a local man who suddenly approached our camp carrying a machete. This was basically the first time we encountered a local rural person, and seeing him … Continue reading Guinee, beautiful nature and HOT weather
Having spent the night at the border we headed for St. Louis after breakfast. We had to leave behind our dutch friends who had to get their temporary import paper for their car, which could take quite a while. On the road we immediately noticed a big difference in vegetation compared to the much dryer … Continue reading Africa’s westernmost point
It was quite late when we arrived in Nouakchott that evening. The final stretch of roads leading into the city had been littered with potholes and since one of our main headlights doesn’t work well, working spotting them was difficult. Because of this we were super exhausted when we got to the campsite we would … Continue reading International travel companions
We arrived at the border in the afternoon after a nice drive on the well-built West Saharan roads. The border village of Guerguerat did not offer much, but it had a restaurant where we were treated to a chicken tajine and some tea by Mark and Dagmara (the backpackers). Afterward we went to fill up … Continue reading No man’s land
So the last couple of days can best be expressed with pictures. Each place we camped was just breathtaking scenery. The first day we crossed over to the “country” called Western-Sahara, there was no border or anything because of the Morrocan occupation, the only thing different was a lot more police stops and them wanting … Continue reading Beautiful landscapes and McDonalds in the Sahara
We arrived in Marrakech pretty late and spent the night at a nice camping place with a very friendly Moroccan owner. With 3 degrees Celcius this was our coldest night so far. We were just eager to get further down south and get a little bit warmer nights as our entire equipment was meant for … Continue reading Marrakech, Agadir and our first fine
Our first day in Rabat started with us going to the liberian embassy to get our first visa, we gave them our passports, 60 € and a fake booking confirmation for some hotel down in Liberia. We had to come back in the afternoon so we had a little time around town. Rabat is not … Continue reading First step in Africa and the capital of Morocco
We left Geretsried for Barcelona saturday, eager to leave Germany after two weeks. We desided to take a small detour and not drive through Switzerland high toll charges. Instead we drove up to Stuttgart and from there down to France. The drive through France was not only agonizingly long, but also quit expensive since the … Continue reading Departure and the first night camping