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Prologue

            Introduction: Dreams of flying south for winter

            Equipment: The bike and luggage it'll carry

            The route: Where I want to go and why

            Training: The preparation both physical and Mental

            Ready to go: Not the begining of the end but the end of the begining

Part 1:Europe

      Ireland: Map

            Day 0: Stay of execution

            Day 1: Dublin-Rosslare

            The ferry: Rosslare-Cherbourg

      France: Map

            Day 2: Cherbourg-Coutances

            Day 3: Coutance-Laval

            Day 4: Laval-Mauléon

            Day 5: The longest day

            Day 6: The rest of the story.

            Day7: Rest day in Pau

            Day8: Into the mountains

                  Photos of France: Just a mix of leftover pics

      Spain: Map

            Day 9: Trial by ice

            Day 10: Sabiñanigo to Zaragoza

            Day 11: Rest day in Zaragoza

            Day 12: Zaragoza-Daroca

            Day 13: Daroca-Cuenca

            Day 14: My legs hurt now

            Day 15: Taking a holiday(from my holidays)

            Day 16: Merry Christmas everybody

            Day 17: Sleeping under Orange tree and Silver moon, Andalucia

            Day 18: Espejo-Ronda

            Day 19: Sightseeing in Ronda

            Day 20: To the pillars of Hercules

                  Spanish Photos: The whole story in pictures

Part 2:North Africa

      Morocco: Map

            Day 21: Ceuta-Tetouan

            Day 22: I've made some enemies in this town.

            Day 23: New Year, New World

            Day 24: Just like home

            Day 25: Chefchaouen-Ouazzane

            Day 26: Back in business at last

            Day 27: More days off

            Day 28: Kicking about in Rabat

            Day 29: Looking for a Mauritanian visa

            Day 30: Last day in Rabat

            Day 31: On the road again(Rabat to El-Jadida)

            Day 32: "Bonjour monsieur, donnez moi l'argent"

            Day 33: Safi to Essaouira

            Day 34: Across the High Atlas(at a low spot)

            Day 35: Doss day to Tiznit

            Day 36: Tiznit to Guelmim over the last of the mountains

            Day 37: Rest day number 12

            Day 38: Guelmin-El Ouatia

            Day 39: Keepin it lit

                  Magic Carpet!: For sale

      Western Sahara: The map

            Day 40: New day, new territory

            Day 41: Should I stay or should I go now?

            Day 42: Welcome to Hell

            Day 43: Desert camp at Km1765

            Day 44: Desert camp near Echtoucan

            Day 45: Fork in the road

            Day 46: The road less travelled

      Mauritania: The map

            Day 47: Crossing no-mans land

            Day 48: In Nouadhibou

            Day 49: Day off in Nouadhibou

            Day 50: Back into the desert

            Day 51: The day I almost cracked

            Day 52: A better day

            Day 53: On a break in Nouakchott

            Day 54: Rest and recovery in Nouakchott

            Day 55: Shootings in Nouakchott

            Day 56: Time to move on

            Day 57: The turning of a page

Part 3: West Africa

      The plan for West Africa

      Senegal: The Map

            Day 58: Through Rosso and on to St. Louis

            Day 59: Rest day number 19

            Day 60: St. Louis-Zebrabar

            Day 61: Another day off in Zebrabar

            Day 62: Zebrabar to Tivaouane

            Day 63: Dakar at last

            Day 64: Sightseeing in Dakar

            Day 65: Downtown Dakar and the Ile de Goree

            Day 66: More of Dakar

            Day 67: Still in Dakar, only now I have a hangover

            Day 68: Last day in Dakar

            Day 69: Back on the road again

            Day 70: Fatick-Kaffrine

            Day 71: Getting a little bit hot

            Day 72: Dirt track to Tambacounda

            Day 73: One last day off in Senegal

            Day 74: Break for the border

      Mali: Progress so far

            Day 75: Kidira to Kayes

            Day 76: Lost

            Day 77: Slow boat to Bafoulabe

            Day 78: Bafoulabe to Manantali

            Day 79: Across the mountains to Kita

            Day 80: Stopped in Kita

            Day 81: Back on the tarmac

            Day 82: Arriving in Bamako

            Day 83: One more African capital

            Day 84: Still in Bamako

            Day 85: Time to think

            Day 86: Mind's made up

            Day 87: A meeting on the road

            Day 88: Fana to Segou

      A brief interlude

            Day 89: The Reunion

            Day 90: Just a perfect day

            Day 91: Still down by the river

            Day 92: One final day in paradise

            Day 93: Can't quite leave

            Day 94: Leaving Segou at last

            Day 95: Mopti at last, just not how I planned.

            Day 96: Got my visa

      The road to Timbuktu

            Day 97: On the road again

            Day 98: Parting of ways

            Day 99: Arriving in Djenné on market day

            Day 100: Knocking around Djenné

            Day 101: Still Djenné

            Day 102: Djenné to Sevaré

            Day 103: Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road.

            Day 104: Sevaré

      I'm not dead yet: Just gone home

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