Everything is ready - almost. The car registration papers and insurance papers arrived, and the tyre I destroyed on the mountain test run is replaced.
The only thing missing is my passport, which the Algerian embassy in London has had for over three weeks. After a lot of calls, they said they could not find the agency invitation fax, and to resend it. They sent the passports on Wednesday, there is some chance they will arrive Friday...
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The Mediterranean coast of Algeria is to be avoided for security reasons, and the central deserts are not as dramatic as those of the South,... -
After our breakdown adventure near Timbuktu the rest of the journey to Gao was uneventful. It was a beautiful desert drive, sometimes on the... -
Thanks to EU funding, there is now a beautiful road for most of the way from Kayes to Bamako. Only about 80km is piste, and that is being up...