Soutpiel Safari - Road photos

Road photos

Soutpiel Safari

John & Jenny

Thu 17 Feb 2011 09:52

Gas station

Fuel smuggler

Another fuel smuggler

What's this?

Where's he going?

No problem in the dry

This will fill with water after rain

Main road in Cameroon

John Franklin

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Blog Entries

2014

Jul 2014

Tue 1 Jul 08:05
- Roomassare onwards north through the islands

2011

Apr 2011

Thu 21 Apr 08:38
- Statistics
Wed 6 Apr 05:42
- Paper chase
Sun 3 Apr 19:16
- Cleaning
Sat 2 Apr 19:11

Mar 2011

Thu 31 Mar 16:26
- Day 147: Home strait
- Day 146: South Africa - 18th country!
Tue 29 Mar 14:27
- Day 145:
- Day 144: Orange River
Sun 27 Mar 17:52
- Day 143: Ai Ais and the thermal springs
- Day 142: Another lazy day
Fri 25 Mar 10:34
- Day 140: 20 weeks!
Thu 24 Mar 06:40
- Day 139: Wonderful country
Tue 22 Mar 18:10
- Day 138: Land Rover Repairs
Mon 21 Mar 18:39
- Day 137: Out of the Tropics
Sun 20 Mar 18:41
- Day 136: Windhoek
- Iridium phone
- Congo roads
Sat 19 Mar 18:07
- Day 135: Windhoek
- Day 134: Idling in Namibia
Thu 17 Mar 20:04
- Day 134: Etosha in the rain
Wed 16 Mar 18:48
- Day 132: Namibia, at last!
- Day 131: Nearly out of Angola
Tue 15 Mar 07:28
- Day 130: Lubango
Mon 14 Mar 05:36
- Day 129: Slogging it out through Angola
Sat 12 Mar 19:41
- Day 128: Good progress into Angola
Fri 11 Mar 18:51
- Day 127: Ready for Angola
Thu 10 Mar 19:54
- Day 126: DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo, formerly Zaire)
Wed 9 Mar 17:36
- Day 125: Cabinda at last
Tue 8 Mar 20:11
- Day 124: Stuffed by Shrove Tuesday
- Day 123: Pointe Noire life
Sun 6 Mar 18:58
- Day 122: Expat Sunday life
Fri 4 Mar 18:25
- Day 120 :Into Congo
Thu 3 Mar 18:39
- Day 119: Rain and more rain
Wed 2 Mar 16:59
- Day 118: The Albert Sweitzer Hospital
- Cameroon summary
Tue 1 Mar 17:36
- Day 117: Lambarene
- Day 116: Lope National Park

Feb 2011

Mon 28 Feb 13:10
- Day 115: Crossing the Line
Sat 26 Feb 16:03
- Day 114: Gabon
Fri 25 Feb 20:29
- Day 113: On the way to Gabon
Thu 24 Feb 16:36
- Day 112: Liming
Wed 23 Feb 13:41
- Day 111: Beach life again
- Day 110: Copped again!
Tue 22 Feb 06:30
- Day 109: Yaounde
Sun 20 Feb 16:24
- Day 108: Planning
Sat 19 Feb 16:51
- Day 107:
- Day 106: Back to the steam
Thu 17 Feb 15:52
Tue 15 Feb 17:47
- Day 103: Cool air at 1,000 metres
- Day 102: Through the rain forests
Mon 14 Feb 07:17
- Day 101: Cameroon
Sat 12 Feb 19:29
- Day 100: Excitement
- Day 99: Into the forest
Thu 10 Feb 17:51
Wed 9 Feb 07:16
- Day 96: Champing at the bit
Mon 7 Feb 09:53
- Day 95: Angola visas
Sun 6 Feb 12:33
- Day 94: Waiting in Abuja (2)
- Day 93: Waiting in Abuja
Sat 5 Feb 08:53
- Day 92: Rain!
- Day 91: Abuja
Thu 3 Feb 11:59
- Day 90: A long hard day
Tue 1 Feb 20:21
- Day 89: Nigeria - the derelict country

Jan 2011

Mon 31 Jan 18:03
- Day 88: Nigeria
- Day 87: Dahomey history lesson
Sat 29 Jan 20:39
- Day 86: Voodoo and motos in Benin
Fri 28 Jan 16:57
- Day 85: Another day, another country: Benin, country # 9
Thu 27 Jan 17:08
- Day 84: Visa mission accomplished
Wed 26 Jan 17:35
- Ghana summary
- Day 83: Heat is killing us
Tue 25 Jan 21:36
- Day 82: Country # 8 Togo
Mon 24 Jan 16:52
- Day 81: Fined again!
Sun 23 Jan 10:09
- Day 79: Camping by the sea
Fri 21 Jan 20:50
- Day 78: Good to go
Thu 20 Jan 20:13
- Day 77: Accra again
Wed 19 Jan 17:54
- Day 76: Day of progress
Tue 18 Jan 21:11
- Day 75: LR problems
- Burkina Faso summary
- Tombouctou photos
Mon 17 Jan 21:07
- Day 74: Accra (4)
Sun 16 Jan 19:12
- Day 73: Halfway progress check
- Day 72: Accra (2)
Sat 15 Jan 14:34
- Day 71: Accra
Thu 13 Jan 21:22
- Day 70: The worst road in Africa
Wed 12 Jan 20:11
- Day 69: Ghana
Tue 11 Jan 19:46
- Day 68: Hamrattan
Mon 10 Jan 21:35
- Mali Summary
- Day 67: Ouagadougou
Sun 9 Jan 21:25
- Day 66: And Ouagadougou to you too!
Sat 8 Jan 17:34
- Day 65: Back across the desert to Bandiagara
- Day 64: Back to Tenere
Thu 6 Jan 21:23
- Day 63: Tombouctou and the Festival au desert
Wed 5 Jan 16:21
- Day 62: From here to Timbuctoo
Tue 4 Jan 16:20
- Day 61: Back in Bandiagara
Sat 1 Jan 14:51
- Nigeria
- Day 58: New Year's Day: Bandiagara

2010

Dec 2010

Fri 31 Dec 21:51
- Day 57: Djenne and Severe
Thu 30 Dec 17:28
- Day 56: Djenne
Wed 29 Dec 16:57
- Day 55; On the road again - Segou
Tue 28 Dec 20:13
- Day 54: Bamako
Mon 27 Dec 20:18
- Day 53: Fluid balance
Sun 26 Dec 17:22
- Day 52: Boxing Day
Sat 25 Dec 15:28
- Day 51: Christmas Day Goat fest
Fri 24 Dec 20:33
- Day 50: Christmas Eve progress check
- Senegal summary
- Day 49: Welcome to Bamako - fined big time.
- Day 48: Goodbye Senegal
Tue 21 Dec 17:59
- Day 47: Mali Border
Mon 20 Dec 20:37
- Day 46: Carnet de Passage
Sun 19 Dec 18:08
- Day 45: Dakar lay day
Sat 18 Dec 20:22
- Day 44: Fine, again
Fri 17 Dec 18:20
- Day 43: Another day in St Louis
Thu 16 Dec 14:17
- Mauritania Summary
- Day 42: Boat trip on the Senegal River
- Money
Wed 15 Dec 20:57
- Day 41: St Louis
- Day 40: Nightmare border crossing (2)
- Day 40: Nightmare border crossing
Tue 14 Dec 09:00
- Day 39: Fiche and fish
Sun 12 Dec 21:21
- Day 38: 500 km of desert
Sat 11 Dec 21:36
- Morocco summary
- Day 37: Across a lunar scrapyard
Fri 10 Dec 20:30
- Day 36: Into the Tropics
Thu 9 Dec 20:58
- Day 35: The day of the fiche
Wed 8 Dec 18:07
- Day 34: Nomad fesivalTan Tan
Tue 7 Dec 16:58
- Day 33: Fine
Mon 6 Dec 18:20
- Day 32: South by the sea
- Day 31: Agadir - the dregs of Morocco
Sat 4 Dec 21:01
- Day 30: Maintenance day in Zagora
Fri 3 Dec 19:24
- Day 29: Zagora
Thu 2 Dec 20:10
- Day 28: Sun, sand and Sahara
Wed 1 Dec 21:07
- Gas
- Day 27: To the dunes

Nov 2010

Tue 30 Nov 21:34
- Day 26: Tinehir
- The Kelly Kettle
Mon 29 Nov 07:40
- Day 25: The two Gorges
Sun 28 Nov 20:05
- Day 24: On top of the world above the snow line
Sat 27 Nov 19:26
- Day 23: Rain and cold
Fri 26 Nov 20:01
- Day 22: More meandering in the Moyen Atlas
Thu 25 Nov 19:53
- Bargaining
- Day 21: Meandering in the Middle Atlas
- Tagines
Wed 24 Nov 20:30
- Day 20: Fes
- Fuel statistics
Tue 23 Nov 19:52
- Day 19: Rabat to Fes
Mon 22 Nov 08:37
- Re: Day 18: Rabat and a day of contrasts
Sun 21 Nov 20:34
- Day 17: Volubilis, Meknes and Rabat
- Day 16: Campsite near Moulay Idriss
Sat 20 Nov 16:28
- Day 15: Tetouan, again!
Thu 18 Nov 15:01
- Day 14: tetouan
Wed 17 Nov 09:50
- Day 13: Africa!
Tue 16 Nov 18:39
- Day 12: Lazy day at Rio Jara camping
Mon 15 Nov 19:42
- Day 11. Tarifa - the southernmost point of Europe
Sun 14 Nov 16:34
- Day 10: Day with the petrol-heads.
- Day 9: Andalucian hill climb
Sat 13 Nov 07:21
- Day 8: Antequera, Spain
Fri 12 Nov 05:13
- Day 7: Cordoba and the road to Grenada;
- Disappointments
Thu 11 Nov 05:47
- Day 6: Fuente Obejuna, Andalucia
Wed 10 Nov 06:15
- Tirades: British restaurant prices
Tue 9 Nov 18:53
- Day 5. Snow in the Picos!
Mon 8 Nov 16:37
- Day 4: Picos de Europa
- Day 3: At sea in Biscay
Sun 7 Nov 07:31
- Day 2: Newton Ferrers, Devon, UK
Sat 6 Nov 08:09
- Day 1: Sarratt, Herts, UK
Thu 4 Nov 07:24
- New contact and packing
- Send Off

Oct 2010

Sun 31 Oct 20:29
- Vehicle livery
- Preparation: Insurance
Fri 29 Oct 21:38
Thu 28 Oct 09:30
- Preparation: Medical
Wed 27 Oct 13:19
- Preparation: Visas
Fri 22 Oct 21:27
- The Vehicle
Thu 21 Oct 10:30
- Why do we hate Banks?
Tue 19 Oct 14:47
- Testing the Iridium Sat Phone
- Testing the Sat Phone connection
Mon 18 Oct 22:21
- Setting up systems