The ferry from Rosso Mauritania jolted up against the landing planks on the shore of the Senegal River in the grubby town of Rosso in Senegal. The town name Rosso is used both on the Mauritania and the Senegal side of the border. Trucks, cars, motorbikes, donkey carts, goats and people heavily laden with goods […]
At the Moroccan border post we met a couple from Wisconsin who were travelling overland to Mali in two Toyota Forerunners. Their vehicles were packed to the rafters with all crockery, sheets, cutlery and other such items They were en route to Bamako, the capital of Mali to open a bed and breakfast. They asked if […]
It seems that only when we finally stood on the African continent did our overland journey begin. We took the ferry from Algeciras in Spain to Ceuta (a Spanish enclave in Africa) a 35 minute trip across the Mediterranean Sea. We watched Europe disappear over the Northern horizon as Africa appeared on the southern horizon. […]
