http://300td.org A story of one of the legendary W123's of Mercedes on vegetable oil Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:24:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://300td.org/2006/10/06/having-my-tyre-fixed-in-a-creative-way/ http://300td.org/2006/10/06/having-my-tyre-fixed-in-a-creative-way/#comments Fri, 06 Oct 2006 20:46:01 +0000 blurg http://300td.org/?p=221
Back in Ouagadougou again. Having my tyres fixed

Buzzing streets in Ouagadougou

This is how they fixed my tyre: Just meld the rubber to seal the rubber. It took about one and a half hour, bit long, if you ask me

Green Mercedes taxis in Ouagadougou

South Burkina Faso, on my way to Ghana

Waterfall from the air, Burkina Faso

Huge showers make driving nearly impossible

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Taking the ‘moped’ route to the falls

Then we got stuck. We used the cane to get out. Putting loads of cane in front of the rear wheels helps to get grip again. Though it takes some time and dirty feet.

Getting out of the mud

Huge fruits from the tree

The Banfora Waterfalls

Domes de Fabedougou

The Saharagelber in Burkina Faso

Burkinabe village

Cooking ‘meself’ a meal

It’s incredible how rythmic these men are. They play here every night, and in the weekend lots of villagers came to visit too, this band is formidable! The children and women started to dance

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Taking the ‘moped’ route to the falls

Then we got stuck. We used the cane to get out. Putting loads of cane in front of the rear wheels helps to get grip again. Though it takes some time and dirty feet.

Getting out of the mud

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Red gravel roads, Burkina Faso

Beautiful rainforest, Burkina Faso

Passing the 111111km

Heading to Banfora and enjoying the W123 diesel

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Cool campsite in Bobo-Dioulasso

Bobo-Dioulasso

Taking a tour through the old town

The old town of Bobo-Dioulasso

Old town in Bobo-Dioulasso where the original tribe still lives

A good woodworker builds very nice furniture. He showed me in a book what he creates and sells. It was really good work. He made beds and cupboards, tables etc.

Yellow coloured Mosque in Bobo-Dioulasso

Djembe performance in this relaxed restaurant

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A still full operational W123 Taxi in Ouagadougou

The tollroad checkpoint in Burkina Faso. The checkpoints consists of gates which will be opened by someone after you paid.

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People standing under the tree, wondering who’s camping right there
That’s how I woke up, by the voices of the people who start to work early on the fields.

Old Mercedes 190, the passengers must have ended up dead.. This must have been a very nasty crash. I think this would be a good way too for Europe, to leave the crashed vehicles for sometime. People will hopefully think better about speeding.

Being on my own again, having lunch somewhere on the road to Ouagadougou

Aproaching Ouagadougou. Burkina Faso’s capital has the cool name ‘Ouagadougou’, nice Scrabble word.

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Mud mosque

Driving through Africa

Bush camping in Burkina Faso close to Ouahigouya

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