Gambia trip

[KarlT]

Not only the two mountain bikes, but his Honda motorcross bike(hence the slight mod to the wheel carriers to take the Honda wheels),gas cooker and 4.5kg gas,flatscreen tv,several large suitcases,2 x25 litre fuel and 2x25litre water tanks etc.The vehicle has it`s own on-board alternator driven welder (seperate to vehicle alternator) so if anything breaks he can fix it! I`m hoping I don`t get the call "Dad ,can you send a spare *****")

Bet he dumps half of it by the time he's got halfway!!

Great adventure but why are you travelling so fast? Deadlines?

[syncropete]

We have made it to dakhla in western sahara. replaced a water hose today, and now relaxing for a couple of days before haeding into the sahara. All good but morocan keyboard is really difficult. Off to buy camel for dinner.

[Titus A Duxass]

Make sure you get lots of chilli sauce with it, tough as old barstewards it is.
Interesting update.

[Macflai]

Hey!

Good luck syncropete,

I was at the beggining of this year in a rally (Africa Race, driving a truck) from Marseille to Dakar, we stopped near Dackla in a petrol station, and I met an english girl who was there with a VW Camper living in that area with his german boyfriend for 3 months at that time, they loved the place and stayed there. Africa is really a very beautiful place to drive, enjoy, and please if you have a blog or something with pics, tell us!

>Good luck<!!

[PC52]

Just checked on Muna's updates -well Sharon has and
Quote:

Made it out of the desert with just a broken clutch – which is not bad considering the terrain!! In Nouakchott, Mauritania fixing it quickly, as 3 Spanish UNICEF workers were kidnapped a few days ago on the high way to Nouadhibou. Lucky we went through the desert!!

-Says Muna.
Some very nice piccies on there aswell, Pete and Muna look like they are having a whale of a time. Shall try and put some up when a bit more time is available.

[JennyTyger]

I've started a page on the new website and here are Muna's photos:

http://www.syncronauts.org.uk/?page_id= ... ow=gallery

[jed the spread]

Inspiring.

jed

[HarryMann]

Don't let Jed get his hands on that Syncronauts' website gallery Jenny - he'll run us out of webspace in less than a week

[JennyTyger]

They've got there safely - well more or less.

Muna posted on Facebook:

Finally arrived in the Gambia….almost in one piece, apart from Pete’s hand! Who would have thought that water skiing off the back of a fishing boat using a piece of wood with a rusty nail sticking out was not a good idea!!

It could only happen to Pete ...

[HarryMann]

water skiing off the back of a fishing boat using a piece of wood with a rusty nail sticking out

I'm hearing Muna's voice rising over the last few syllables, will miss those strident tones

.. who would have thought

Hope it heals well Pete and your Tetanus was up to date when you left.

[albertramsbottom]

Just done that trip - watch out for the Senegalse boder rip offs - they charged us around 200 euros to get out of mauri and in to Senegal

Cheaper fuel in Mauri compared to senegal and much cheaper in western sahara but they dont like you taking in gerry cans

Albert

[dave friday]

Hi Albert, what inoculations did you need for the trip? did you need a yellow fever jab for mauri?
we are going down that way in a few days.
ta.

[albertramsbottom]

Hi Albert, what inoculations did you need for the trip? did you need a yellow fever jab for mauri?
we are going down that way in a few days.
ta.

We had the standard dip/typoid/tetinus, polio free from the docs and yellow fever 42 quid. But was never saked for a certs when crossing borders

I hope that helps

PS I have a lot of info on border crossing costs, visas and petrol costs if you need them

Albert

[KarlT]

Just done that trip -

Albert

Any pics?

[..lee..]

one hell of a trip. great to hear these stories and see pics. cant wait till my mortgage is payed off so i can join in.

lee.