After many months of preparation our 29 week Trans Africa journey finally begins.
Well, what has happened so far in Weeks 1 and 2:-
We left Algeciras and sailed to Cueta heading for Africa on the 12th November 2002.Our first destination was Chefchaouen, where we spent the night bush camping near the town.
Africa has greated us with extreme weather conditions for the first 2 weeks.
The sky's have opened up to drench us with the worst rainfall in 25 years. We have also had to cope with snow in the middle atlas and scorching desert suns.
Despite less than ideal camping conditions everyone has kept in high spirits.
The 2 trucks have been running almost parallel, and meeting up every couple of days. We have both had our fair share of getting stuck these last 2 weeks; from the mud after the down pours, to the small episode of sandmatting in the dunes of Erg Chebbi.
Cooking over the camp fire has been a time for us all to impress the rest of the group with our culinary skills. Making camp fires has been a bit of a problem as the fire wood we have collected is wet. However,we nearly have it all mastered.
It is difficult to choose a highlight for the past 2 weeks as there have been many, but in brief, here are a few.
Our plan for now is to head from Marrakech to Essaouria, then follow the Coastline down to Mauritania, we will be in touch soon.
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