The Great Escape
The Great Escape
 
 

From England to Cape Town

 
 
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Wandering through the market in Bissau, getting some ingredient to cook dinner. This lady was selling vegetable charcoal. Produced locally and one of the prime source of energy in West Africa. I often saw it for sale by the side of the road in big ba
As I waited to board the ferry for Morroco in Algeciras port, arrived a few well equipped 4x4. That’s when I had the chance to meet Fina Román with her husband and friends, They were off to the Maroccan dunes. Fina and Josep María
Crossing the No Man’s Land between Western Sahara and Mauritania was the first tricky part of the journey - Back home I was trying to imagine what it would be like, half preparing a strategy for it “ Right, you will just go straight acros
Le temps semble m’échapper cette année, il y a déjà un an je m’apprêtai à parcourir les 1250 miles entre le point le plus au sud de L’Angleterre « Land’s end » jus
Happy meeting by the side of the road in Nigeria. It’s mid morning and after an early start to beat the sun we stop just after Onitsha to make some coffee under the shade of a tree. There is a building with what seems like little shops but all
Ganvié, Benin - The Venice of Africa. This lake village was created nearly four centuries ago when a tribe took over the lake to flee from the Fon warriors (Dahomey Amazon) who were capturing slaves for sale.. . . . . #natgeotravel #travelafri
Because travelling isn’t always glamorous ! Taking the opportunity of the luxury of an overnight stop in an hotel to wash my daily clothes in the shower bucket. . . . . . . #overland #womenoverlandingtheworld #overlandingafrica #advriders #tra
I was never looking forward to cross cities. It often was a hot a polluted nightmare on the bike, trying to make your way around with the craziness of African driving skills requires a serious sense of zentitude ! Lagos has been the worst of all of t