Upcoming trip: Start of the world trip – Part 1: Russia, -stan countries, Mongolia
I’ll write about it soon!
Poland, Ukrain, Baltic countries, Finland 2009
The images of this trip will appear in february or march.
Images can already be found at my Flickr account:
Turkey, Syria and Jordan 2008
Still needs to be written. Will appear in february or march!
Images can already be found here:
Turkey, Syria and Jordan 2008
Czech Republic trip 2008 (winter)
Still needs to be written. Will appear in february!
Images can already be found here:
Czech Republic 2008 (winter)
France, La Toussuire
To be written
Trip to Southern England and Wales 2007
Still needs to be written. Will appear in february or march!
Images can already be found here:
Southern England and Wales
200,000km! (while in France)
Not too long ago I passed the 200,000km close to Paris. Tears were falling, beautiful imemories resurfaced. The Mercedes still purring the same way it did when I bought it 3,5 years ago, while having only 58000km on the clock, driving it from Germany to the Netherlands.
Anyway, I thought it was time to update my blog again, as I am WAY BEHIND(!). Therefore, check out this blog if you’re interested, I promise to post at least 3 days of updates every day.
The next trip is coming up too. I’d like to tell a lot about that one, as it’s the start of a world trip. First we’re heading to Mongolia (Asia) via Russia and all the ‘something’-stan countries.
*NEWS* It may be postponed for about one year.
I’ll keep in touch.
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 |
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 |