Being in Europe again. A bit odd to see all the luxury again
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| Driving through Spain again, after some hours sleep in the W123 |
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| Short picnic, longing to see my friends again @home |
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Essaouira to Algeciras
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| Great landscapes in marvellous Morocco |
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| Signs in Morocco. Around Kenitra. |
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| Lake |
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| The long distance taxis are W123′s in Morocco (Grande Taxi) |
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| Crippled Old Man |
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| Leaving Africa! Entering the boat in Ceuta. Europe here we come! Amazing, early in the morning I was in Essaouira and now I’m on the boat already heading for Europe. |
Relax day in Essaouira, after the monster trip from Bamako
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| Nice bus from a dutch fellow I met on Essaouira camping |
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Another friend at the camping  |
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| Interesting overlanders vehicle! |
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| Back in Essaouira again |
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| Lots of elderly people from Europe enjoying the warm winter in Morocco |
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| Essaouira square |
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| Picturesque Essaouira |
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| Square in Essaouira |
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| Saharagelber in Essaouira |
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| Saying goodbye again to my two friends |
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| Essaouira beach |
Driving through the Western Sahara and entering Essaouira
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| My private instant campsite |
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| Drivers seat |
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| Early morning departure, heading for Morrocco today |
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| After thousands and thousands of kilometers, still going strong! |
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| W123 in the Western Sahara (Morocco) |
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| South Morocco |
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| South Morocco |
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| Moroccon mountains |
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| W115 Taxi, Morocco |
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| The living room |
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| Unique T-model |
Driving 16-17 hours a day in the immense Sahara heat, no problem for the W123!
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| The long lonely road continues for thousands of kilometers |
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| Tar and sand |
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| Now listen ya’ all! I am your host for today and will tell you about the Sahara. |
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| Enormous heat in the Sahara |
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| Western Sahara coast line |
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| Camel transport. How many are in there? |
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| The Sahara dunes |
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| My own campsite in the Western Sahara |
A loooong way through the Sahara
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| Seeing the sun rise in the Sahara |
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| Good colors early in the morning just after sunrise |
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| Abandoned W123 T modell in the Sahara |
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| Sahara early in the morning, Mauritania |
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| Saharagelber in the Saharan desert on the way back to Europe |
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| On my way to Nouackchott |
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| Sahara, Mauritania |
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| 1 camel and 4 persons in the back of this Landcruiser |
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| W123 300TD in the Sahara |
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| Saharan desert |
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| The Sahara |
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| Grazing Camels in the Sahara |
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| Sahara, Mauritania |
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| Transatlantic route, Sahara |
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| Sahara, Mauritania |
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| 119000km on the clock! |
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| W123 Taxi, Mauritania |
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| Driving the Transatlantic route through the Sahara (Mauritania) |
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| Sahara, Mauritania |
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| W123 in the Sahara, Mauritania |
Driving through South Mauritania and spend the night with some saharan nomads
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| On my way to the north, driving back home, I’ve got 5 days left and 9000km to drive |
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| Direction Nioro, North-East Mali |
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| Very useful tool: The compressor. My spare tire had to be inflated first. |
| Hitting 118000km |
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| Broken tyre this time. It’s sometimes difficult where to place the jack. I collected some stones to place the jack on so I could lift the car, instead of the jack digging itself in. |
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| Entering the real Sahara again |
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| Saharagelber in the desert |
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| Baobab tree |
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| Driving to Mauritania, close to Nioro |
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| Sign close to the Mauritanian border |
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| Main road to Aayoun El Atrous (Mauritania) Driving and driving…. and driving. |
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| Sahara sunset |
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| Bush camping with the Saharan nomads. I asked some nomads if it was okay I stayed with them, they were okay with that. That evening I sat with them but we couldn’t exchange any words, they didn’t speak french but only their local language. |
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| Cooking gear |
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| Relaxing and enjoying freedom |
Taking care for Andrada and putting her on the plane
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| Parking lot at an office in Bamako, only Mercedes! Incredible, the car with status. Only W124′s and W201′s whch still look quite good |
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| You don’t need a T modell to sleep |
Staying in Bamako
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| Peugeot 504 Break in Mali |
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| W123 taxi in Bamako, Mali |
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| W123 taxi in bad shape, Bamako |
Bamako again!
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| Bamako parking lot |
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| Driving to north Mali, leaving Bamako |
Driving back, heading to Bamako and dropping Amanda in Djenne
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| Amanda and Andrada enjoying the drive through Mali |
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| Amanda leaving for Djenne |
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| Flat tyre.. Cause: A key from a moped |
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| Loads of Baobab trees in Mali |
Wandering through the Dogon area between the tribes and their villages
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| Rock formations |
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| Huge fruits of some kind |
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| Large mountain wall with lots small residences in it |
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| School kids with their work-books |
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| Dogon canyon |
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| Walking back |
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| Lonely tree |
The Stunning Dogon, one of the most impressive places in West-Africa
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| Dogon village |
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| Relaxed breakfast in the small Dogon village. Left to right: Me, Amanda (Germany), Andrada (Sweden), our Guide (I forgot his name, er.. sorry). For some it was too early |
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| The local children in the Dogon village |
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| Dogon valley, Mali |
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| Great view of the Dogon valley |
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| Stupid tourist in the Dogon valley |
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| Grains from the local farmers |
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| Grain silo’s |
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| Andrada with old(est?) woman from the tribe |
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| Take me to your leader. |
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| Fine handcrafted door |
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| Cute kids, proud of the stuff they made |
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| Cute kids, proud of the stuff they’ve made |
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| Another really cool tree |
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| Cute baby donkey! |
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| Storage compartments |
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| Some ruins in the Dogon village |
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| Handcarved doors |
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| Wood storage? Or just a place to have a bit of shade |
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| Wooden fence |
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| Relaxing and keeping out of the hot sun during mid-day |
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| Rocky mountains of the Dogon |
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| Cattle on the hill |
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| The Dogon valley |
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| The Dogon valley |
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| Amanda and the guide wandering through the village |
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| Great tree |
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| Late afternoon in the Dogon |
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| Cute kids |
Driving to the Dogon valley
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| Just entered Mali, staying on this lame campsite |
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| The Saharagelber in Mali |
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| Baobab, Mali |
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| Chameleon |
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| On the way to the Dogon valley (again) |
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| Mali, on the way to the Dogon |
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| On my way to the Dogon valley |
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| Anoter terrific Baobab |
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| Great scenery in Mali |
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| The Dogon area |
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| Small pieces of farming land |
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| The Dogon valley |
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| Small houses built between the rocks |
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| The Dogon valley planes |
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| Rock formations in the Dogon valley |
Crossing Burkina Faso, entering Mali, quite some hours driving!
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| Le Campement Hotel, Togo. I was allowed to stay on the next to the hotel building for a tiny amount of money. Pretty relaxed place, where I could easily cook my dinner and get my rest after the 16 hours drive yesterday. |
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| Hi Burkina Faso again, and bye Togo |
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| The north of Burkina Faso, close to Mali already |
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| Baobab tree |
Back to Togo
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| Beautiful handcraft |
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| Handcraft worker creating a new chair |
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| Fantastic giraffe chair |
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| Handcraft worker creating a new chair |
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| Heading to North-West Benin |
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| Driving on the typical african red gravel roads |
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| Tiny village in Benin |
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| The Saharagelber in a tiny village in Benin. |
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| Tiny roads are sometimes in a bad shape |
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| Just entered Togo from West Benin |
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| Terrific road in Togo |
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| Beautiful Togo |
Exploring Benin!
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| Saying goodbye to my friends at Chez Alice |
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| Eric & Sharikay from border-crossings.com |
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| Oil and filter change in Togo |
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| The Saharagelber gets a lot of attention |
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| Quite impressive sign about incest. It says: ‘What if this man would have sex with your young daughter…’ Then why do you have sex with your young girl?’ |
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| Educational sign about Aids protection |
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| Packed with stuff |
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| Popo beach coast line, Benin |
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| Popo beach, Benin |
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| Wide beaches and no lost soul around |
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| The Cactus |
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| The Saharagelber in Benin |
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| The Saharagelber in Benin |
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| Stilt villages, Benin |
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| Packed pick-up, Benin |
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| Nice T-modell in Benin. I wonder what the weird rear window is for |
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| Cotonou, Benin |
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| On the road in Benin |
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| Ganvie by boat |
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| Sailing to her home in the stil village Ganvie (Benin). |
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| Ganvie |
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| Main street Ganvie, Benin |
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| Benin stilt village: Ganvie |
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| Nice cottage in Ganvie. Please watch your step |
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| smail sailing boat with a selfmade sail from plastic bags. |
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| Sailors with sails made from clothes |
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| Buzzing market in Benin (Ganvie village) |
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| Cool guy transporting wooden branches in a Peugeot 404 Pick-up |
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| Passing the 115000km |
Togo! Going further on my own again.
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| Driving in Togo |
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| Chez Alice, Togo |
Wlif falls
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| Great campsite next to the Wli Falls |
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| Genet cat |
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| Wli falls, Ghana |
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| Overlanders vehicles |
Heading to Wli falls
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| Camping at Lake Volta, this place is a real gem |
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| Going to the Wli falls. My friends from border-crossings.com driving in front of me |
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| Trying to pull out the Landcruiser. This did not work, the Landcruiser pulled back the Mercedes with the winch |
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| Landcruiser HZJ78 being pulled by the HJ80 |
Relaxing in this Oasis @Lake Volta
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| Camping at Lake Volta at Chez Alice |
Going to Akosombo Dam together
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| Slept on the parking lot of the Cafe |
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| Nice bridge, close to Akosombo Dam |
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| Lake Volta, Ghana |
Accra, Ghana, and look who I found there?
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| Kokrobite beach campsite in Accra |
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| Driving to Accra city center |
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| Meeting up with old friends |
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| Slept on the parking lot of the Cafe |
Coast of Ghana continues to impress
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| Fishing village, Ghana |
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| Having a lunch stop |
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| A roundabout in Accra, Ghana |
Castle route along the coast of Ghana
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| Terrific place to camp, at this beach. Ankobra beach hotel, Ghana. |
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| A real ‘Bounty island’ palm beach |
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| Coastline, South Ghana |
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| Colonial building in Ghana |
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| Sleeping in front of this nice fort |
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| Watching the sun set from this relaxed fort |
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| Sleeping in front of this nice fort |