BURKINA FASO 'Life is either a great adventure or nothing.' Helen Keller 3rd January The Sahel scenery and villages, mud bricks laying out to dry and herds of cattle continued similar to Mali, except for the huge piles of cotton in many of the villages and fields and the misty hills looming in the distance. The land was well cultivated with fields marked out in various sized plots and interspersed with irrigation channels. The sky ahead appeared to be ve...

MALI 'Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and celebrate the journey.' Fitzhugh Milan 22nd November We left Senegal today on a road with thick vegetation and many baobab trees all the way to Mali, the largest country in West Africa with the Niger River as its lifeline. No problems with the formalities at the border, once we had discovered some of the necessary departments hidden away down side streets. Everyone was helpful and no one came to...

SENEGAL 'The truth is like gold, keep it locked up and you will find it exactly as you first put it away.' Senegalese Proverb It's great to know that so many people are following our journey. Thank you Andre and Marianne for your kind message it was lovely to meet you in Ronda and share your enthusiasm for travelling and of course for Land Rovers! We hope you get some positve help with your tent. Gill. Great to hear from you and we look forward to meeting yo...

MAURITANIA 'A good traveller has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.' Lao Tzu 20th October We approached a wooden hut to get our passports checked but not before we had helped a Spanish guy twice pick up his loaded motorbike after he had gone down in the deep sand. On to another hut for our visas to be stamped into our passports. This was proving to be easier than we had anticipated, partly because the officials were far more concerned with a cou...

MOROCCO and WESTERN SAHARA 'The World is a book and those who do not travel, read only a page.' Saint Augustine 6th-7th October We arrived in Ceuta approx. 12 noon, filled up with diesel and remembered from our last visit to Morocco, not to slow down as people leapt out in front of the vehicle hoping to help us through the border. Straight through the Spanish border without stopping. Then at the Moroccan border, Mohammed offered to give us advice and proved...