Well and truly stuck in Senegal

Simon turned up at the mechanic Monday morning to find the worst case scenario has happened. The gears are stuffed (not a mechanical term but pretty descriptive of the situation). So after ringing Kevin for a contact in Dakar, Simon sets off with an appie (apprentice mechanic) called Raymond and the broken parts. I stayed [...]

Gambia to Senegal to Guinea in a week

Monday morning and Mark takes us for a bird sighting walk around some of the island, they have some beautiful birds and they are easy to see when you walk through the bush. After breakfast we clear out the back of the car as the boys are going tree shopping, it is beginning rainy season [...]

Happy Birthday Simon

Today Simon has his birthday and the pressie I bought in London has survived the journey, the Airfix kit is a plane not a car, I did not buy the right paints (I personally blamed the Hamleys helper for that) but at least it will keep him busy when we are stuck somewhere or have [...]

Surprising offer but we still move on

Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday seem to be a bit of a muddle, we spent time sorting out the car, catching up on washing and driving around looking at the shops. There are quite a few supermarkets here and it is amazing what one can get. The novelty value of supermarkets increase proportionally to the time [...]