(Photos to follow, poor internet) Mauritania Couscous and Laundry Having recovered from the tough day crossing the Western Sahara to Mauritania border we needed a day off before hitting the Senegal border, we stayed in Nouakchott and the owner of the space served up special Couscous for our dinner, not …

(Photos to follow due to poor internet) The desert…. One of the great impressions of this trip is the empty vastness of the Sahara desert where it touches the sea. We will cover nearly 2000km of the desert by the time we reach Senegal tomorrow and three countries (one disputed) …

(Poor internet means pictures will follow) Copied in FB posts for a place holder A friend in need ….. Meet Simon, a retired boat building company owner who was cycling across the desert, I stopped for a chat and to see if he was OK and he said « honestly …

  We had adjust our original plan to visit Marrakesh following the earthquake, and in the process lost a quite expensive hotel booking in an old Riad in the Medina, but now five days on we could see many reports from Marrakesh saying that the city was once again open …

The heat of the desert at 42oC was just too much for Poppy, at night only dropping into the 30s made sleeping very difficult so we cancelled out plan to cross the pistes of the desert SAS style off road and camp under the stars, and headed instead to the …

After the night of the earthquake we got up at 5.30am, unaware at that time how serious the quake was we planned to head into the desert to see the dunes in the relative cool of the morning.  As we drove along the news caught up with us and we …

After the violent storm of the night before, we woke up to the blue sky and still air overlooking the little dam at the village. Fresh coffee and overnight porridge with dried fruit and honey puts us in good form for the day as it does most days.  Porridge oats …

After our easy start in the cities of Tangier and Fes and a nice easy introduction to camping at Chefchaoun, it was time to get serious with a drive over the 4WD trials of the Atlas mountains. We met up with Nick and Lillian in their Land Crusier for some …

For the first leg of Africa, through Morroco, my daughter Poppy has joined me. This is her first time Overlanding in the truck, her first time in Morroco, and a big contrast to her normal day-to-day job in corporate law (though she is a resilient and adventurous traveller by nature). …

For many people going to Spain and Portugal is an adventure in itself; my friends Polaris Overland have just returned from the Pyrenees and had a lovely two-week holiday exploring the mountains.  However, for me, given the time constraints of the whole trip and the need to meet Poppy in …