Getting into Mali I thought we would drive into a place feeling almost like a war-zone where we would have to be escorted by convoys and have to go through even more police checkpoints than in Mauritania, but that was not the case. Driving through and bush camping here has shown us that most of...Read More
Because of an attack on a UN base close to where we would cross from Mauritania to Mali, it was decided to instead go a safer route further South through Senegal instead. Senegal has a reputation of being one of the most stable countries in West Africa, but when crossing the border at the Senegal...Read More