Breakfast at Hotel Berah was underwhelming. Bread and croissants with strawberry jam and tea/coffee. Too much bread. We seem to have bread with every meal. It is giving me a spare tyre. Especially as we are doing little exercise. Got to stop! It was overcast and humid this morning. Most…
All these hotels. Must be costing us a fortune! Well, not really. This one dearer than the last, with not a lot more for it, but at €38 it’s not too bad. We’d have trouble renting a tent site for that, in the UK. So, only 140k’s today. A lateish…
Hotel Amointrin included breakfast in the price. It wasn’t very exciting. A few slices of omelette, bread and marmalade and hot drinks, tea, coffee or chocolate. It was adequate though. Adam had messaged us to say he wasn’t leaving his hotel until 11.00 as he was waiting for his laundry…
Our camp site tonight was under a couple of huge Mango trees in the Catholic Mission in Nzerekore. You could say it was convenient. Not peaceful though. Before closing up for the night, there were huge cumulus clouds billowing above and lightning flashes. Mmmmm. There must be 10 mosques close…
Leaving Guekedou We set off on a beautiful newly surfaced road. Not having gone far, we approached 2 groups of people standing on either side of the road. Suddenly realising they were in military uniforms and one has his hand up to stop us, we screeched to a halt. We…
After a day of maintenance. It was excellent having a day’s rest from driving yesterday. I greased the driveshafts again and tightened the rear diff plate as oil was weeping past the gasket. Washed, dried and lightly oiled the dirty air filter and stored it for the next change. This…
After a few days of being thrown around on horrible roads a rest day was very necessary. It is just exhausting, especially with the heat. Adam, having gone on ahead, had booked a room for 2 nights for us and French couple, Sebastien and Alexandra. They are travelling on Honda…
Oh! the luxury of a warm shower. Our breakfast supplies are running out. Chia seeds and raisins bought from England are nearly spent and it won’t be long before porridge oats are out too. There seems to be plenty of the basic foodstuffs but we’ll probably have to wait till…
First thing this morning we were millionaires. In Guinea Francs that is. After saying goodbye to French couple, Jean Luc and Annie, I paid for our overnight accommodation and dinner. 320,000 Guinea Francs. We then left for Mamou and shortly after found a gas station. Without much thought, we just…
Please excuse the order of blog entry. Days and wifi difficulties has meant we are out of step. The Carnival went on till 4am. Not much sleep. Up at 7am to be at the Ivory Coast Embassy by 9am to pick up our visas. Packing up camp so we could…