Posts tagged ‘tombouctou’

Sand, sand, sand!


Drinking strong tea

The nomad daughter, she just came back from a 3 days walk with their cattle through the Sahara

The pretty daughter of the family.

Living a primitive and sometimes hard life, but they like it all the best

Beautiful young lady in the Sahara, north of Tombouctou

2wd in soft sand in the Sahara

Unbelievable, going upwards in soft sand!
I couldn’t imagine so much is possible with only a rear wheel drive by deflating the tyres a bit (to 1 bar)

Driving the Saharagelber through the Sahara

Hooaaay!

Tombouctou town

Tombouctou library

Mosque

Isn’t she sweet?

Beautiful door in Tombouctou town

Sandy streets in Tombouctou

How a Land Rover ends up sometimes

Market stall in Tombouctou

Entrance gate of Tombouctou

The trustworthy W123

Ploughing through deep sand

Ploughing through deep sand..
Coming from Tombouctou you have to drive on this dyke, where deep tracks of other vehicles make it hard to cross. People around were amazed this ‘petite voiture’ made it through the terrain.

Gaining enough speed is the trick to go through it as is deflating the tyres a bit

Lost some speed but the Benz still goes on

The last metres and… We did it!

I think it can’t get dirtier

Sweet and healthy donkeys in the Sahara

Our stay with the sahara Touaregs, northern Mali


Tombouctou town

Sandy Tombouctou

D(r)iving into the Sahara
Our german friends stayed behind en we went into the sahara with the good old Benz

Staying the night with saharan nomads

Feeling utterly relaxed, drinking tea with the nomads under the stars

Our stay with the nomads in the desert

Terrific Tombouctou


Waking up with the camels.
Our friends from Switzerland slept in the chairs of the germans and hung a mosquito net over it. Looks pretty cool

Sahara sunrise with the camels

Waking up at 6am, time to go on again

Camel with blue eyes

Ready to go to Tombouctou today

Direction Tombouctou

Taking the side of the dyk was a bad idea

The Ferry to cross the Niger

All cars stuffed on the ferryboat

Yes!!! Tombouctou!!!

Driving through the town Tombouctou

300TD monster reached Tombouctou

Dirt looks cool

Strong W123