Kabrouse near Cap Skirring
19 января, Сенегал ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
We drive as far south as we can and park off on the beach, several hundred meters from the border to Guinea Bissau with an unbelievable restaurant "Kalao Beach" nearby. Here at the farthest corner isЧитать далее
Ziguinchor, Senegal
19 января, Сенегал ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
We cross over "The Gambian highway" bridge back into Senegal. Huge holes and dusty pistes make up the road. And then it happens, the Senegalese customs insist that the papers issued to us whenЧитать далее
George town ferry and on down the Gambia
17 января, Гамбия ⋅ ☀️ 34 °C
And now into "The Gambia" we go!
16 января, Сенегал ⋅ ☀️ 37 °C
A stream of colours and activity. This is Africa as I love it. ❤️
We arrive in Georgetown (Janjanbureh), a small island in the Gambia river from where slaves from the deeper regions of Africa wereЧитать далее
Nico lodge, sheer african bush luxury!
15 января, Сенегал ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
The last two days we spend at Nico lodge. A bush camp on a cliff edge with seven tents in total luxury.
I sit on the terrase all day looking through the binoculars while Elfi ließ Like a crocodile inЧитать далее
Boat ride with hippos,
13 января, Сенегал ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
We return to Simenti today to do a boat ride to look for hippos. These are very difficult to find because very shy. They pop up to look and disappear again. But we get some beautiful shots.
And thenЧитать далее
Campement "Simenti"
12 января, Сенегал ⋅ ☁️ 34 °C
Today we visit the next camp "campement Simenti which is so delapidated that we decide to return back to our previous camp after having watched a few crocodiles
Game drive
11 января, Сенегал ⋅ ☀️ 35 °C
Today our first game drive early in the morning.
And discovery of how the bush sends whattsapp messages.
Because the network is seldom available and very weak, you write your message in your phone,Читать далее
What a welcome comitee😅
11 января, Сенегал ⋅ ☀️ 35 °C
Together with our guide we drive to the "Campement du Lion". a very basic African style lodge, round huts, African style shower (a bucket of water over the head), hole in the floor toilets, (againЧитать далее
On to Niokolo Koba game reserve
9 января, Сенегал ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
Today we drive deep into the interior to the "Niokolo Koba" Game reserve on the border of Senegal with Guinea and Mali. The huge park was founded by "Sedar Senghor" the first president of Senegal andЧитать далее
Lodji Island
8 января, Сенегал ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
We take a boat ride into the mangroves of the delta visit the island village "Mar Lodji".
This visit moves us deeply as the village guide proudly tells us about his village traditions, one of totalЧитать далее
Ndangane campement
7 января, Сенегал ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C
From our beautiful lodge we drive to the "Ndangane Campement" a bristling little village on the Sine-Saloum Delta. Colourful women, children, boats, come and go all day long.
Wherever you look exoticЧитать далее
The enormous nasty old crocodile
6 января, Сенегал ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
For those who have read the adorable childrens book: "The enormous nasty crocodile" by Ronald Dahl, to day we met him! The beastly old croc who came out of the muddy brown river to waddle into townЧитать далее
Zebra bar, total relaxation, Saint Louis
3 января, Сенегал ⋅ 🌬 22 °C
Both of us are exhausted and simply do "nothing" for four days.
Staring at the air, listening to the waves and watching exotic birds do crazy things. It is the total contrast to our time inЧитать далее
We race to Senegal
31 декабря 2025 г., Сенегал ⋅ 🌙 25 °C
One last look back at the sand and we race off south. After a few km a huge dune tries to stop us as it crosses the road. But no chance! We are off!
The landscape changes into Sahel Savannah and thenЧитать далее
One last trip into the sand
25 декабря 2025 г., Мавритания ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
We have decided to do one more trip into the sand of the Erg Amatlich desert and then leave the group for Senegal.
It is an exhilarating trip through deep sand along river beds and up a steep sandyЧитать далее
Our spirits collapse! We are exhausted!
25 декабря 2025 г., Мавритания ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Despite all the Adventure, Mauritania is an incredibly tough country:
The roads, when there are some, are better described as "holes with some tar around them", forcing us to drive very slowly to notЧитать далее
Chenguetti
21 декабря 2025 г., Мавритания ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Cenguetti is another of the seven holy cities of Islam and at a crossroads of various Caravan routes from Mali, Senegal and the Maghreb. It was from here that thousands of pilgrims over the centuriesЧитать далее
A Mauritanian family, camel races
18 декабря 2025 г., Мавритания ⋅ 🌙 17 °C
While all this craziness takes place we get into a conversation with Ahmed Moctar, a man in front of whose house we had parked. It turns out his family left Oadane for Noukchott, the capital, manyЧитать далее
Ouedane, "Festival du Patrimoine"
18 декабря 2025 г., Мавритания ⋅ 🌙 19 °C
We arrive in Ouadane, one of the seven holy cities in the Islamic world and dating back to the 12th century, and are amazed by a bristeling excitement in the air.
I open the window and ask aЧитать далее
Structure de Richat, "eye of the Sahara"
15 декабря 2025 г., Мавритания ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
The Richat structure, also "eye of the Sahara", is a 50km wide structure and no one knows what it is,
A volcano?
A huge big bubble during when the world was created?
Hundreds of geologists sinceЧитать далее
On to incredible rock etchings
13 декабря 2025 г., Мавритания ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
After spending the night at a deserted French fort, we head into a beautiful but very sandy canyon lined along the sides with rock etchings dating back 4000-6000 years. By hitting the rock surfacesЧитать далее
El Bayed, a Neolythical museum.
12 декабря 2025 г., Мавритания ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
150km into the desert we cross El Bayed, a village with 50 inhabitants that impressed us deeply. Instead of begging, which is normal in this country, Lydia and Dija, two sisters have created a smallЧитать далее
"Sebkehet Chemcham" salt pan
11 декабря 2025 г., Мавритания ⋅ 🌙 18 °C
As far as the eye reaches was salt, flat and hard. 70km further once again the dunes and one of the most beautiful night spots we have experienced so far. No one around, a view into eternity, totalЧитать далее
Some more Atar
10 декабря 2025 г., Мавритания ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
How people live. Atar
10 декабря 2025 г., Мавритания ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Atar is a dust bowl in a state of chaos. Tiny houses, families living on the floor with goats running in between the rubbish piles, Tiny stalls all selling the same few goods. 50year old MercedesЧитать далее














































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































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