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An African Adventure


Dublin to Cape Town by the west coast route.

8,333 km (5,178 miles) over 109 days from December 10, 2007 to March 27, 2008

Topic: Bicycle Touring  
Categories: Tour diaries, Road bikes, 6-12 months, Aborted tours, World
Locales: Europe, Ireland, County Dublin, Dublin, France, Spain, Africa, Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Angola, Namibia, South Africa
Years: 2007, 2008

Permalink: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/Hatchetsholidays

Copyright © 2007-2012 By Dave Mc Loughlin - (contact)

Status: Completed Jul 2009Featured Journal #268
Last updated: Thursday April 3, 2008 01:52 UTC -08:00 (edited Fri 1 Jan 2010 22:15 UTC -08:00)
324,945 hits since December 5, 2007 (hitcounts updated nightly)
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Table of Contents

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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