In 2009 Dad and I completed 'Touareg Trail, The Hardcore Edition' and were crowned 'Most Hardcore Team at the finish! Check out ore 2009 blog: http://www.norfolk2benin.blogspot.com/


This year we will return!!!

The routes are mainly off road and in 2 parts...

Part 1: The Dakar Challenge: Starts in France and meanders across the Atlas Mountains of Morocco and the deserts of Mauritania to the legendary capital of Senegal: Dakar.

Part 2: Raid Afrique: From Senegal we travel via savanna and jungle routes of Mali, on to Burkina Faso and Togo to the white sandy beaches of the tropics in Benin. Twenty 2cvs are due to participate with only the minimum of support.

"Amazingly behind the steering wheels of these cars are not professional rally drivers, not Paris-Dakar drivers nor racing fanatics but ordinary people with one thing in common, an absolute passion for adventure in its purest form."

You can read more about the adventure(s) on the organisations official website: www.touareg-trail.be


Last time we raised £1,500 for the charity Unicef, this time we want to do it again but for Parkinsons UK. So we need your support, please dig deep and sponsor us to help this fantastic charity. Simply visit or webpage: http://www.justgiving.com/2cvAfrica

Wednesday 7 November 2012

Campement de Keur Massene – St Louis (Camping) 110km

Monday 29th
Mileage 69424
Not much happened today in the way of driving after about 20kms off road and 60kms of African style tarmac we reached the border to Senegal!
More than 35 degrees and lots of waiting around for paperwork and passports to be signed and stamped for almost 100 people (incl bikers, vespa riders, 2cvers and organisation. We left the border at about 1pm and were pretty pleased with the 3 hour wait (often it takes much longer) While we waited we saw some interesting creatures in a small river too so it was a nice stop really.
Our camp is 'Zebra Bar' its a camping place with a bar and restaurant it was lovely, camping between the trees, a large lake flowing behind us, a tower (pretty old judging by how corroded the metal structure was!) looking out over the area, I was amazed when I looked out from there, it was breathtaking, as far as the eye could see was palm trees and sections water all around us. On a nice exploration mission I saw awesome purple and orange crabs which, when I stepped on the sane near them they ran away as fast as they could sideways and disappeared into there holes. There were also lots of nice fishing birds here and later we even got to spot some pelicans! We were told there are crocodiles in the water but didn’t witness this!
In the evening we went into the city of St Louis. Unfortunately I had been experiencing short cramps in my tummy for a couple of days, I discovered one of the participants, (Spanish team Daniel & Jose) Daniel, is a Doctor so after a short consultation which him and a translator (Marco – Vespa Rider) he gave me some tablets and very strict instructions not to eat or drink anything, only water for 24 hours! I was sooooo hungry and no matter how much I tried my bestest smile he insisted NO BEER :(
So the evening in St Louis was not as fun as it could have been but it was nice to go there and see it and I had a lot of support though this difficult time as someone 'fasted' with me (in a bar, no drinking = Rubbish) lol
But I was able to learn that St Louis is an island, the French used to fly the African post into a place here (La Poste) and there is one main connecting bridge designed by Mr Eiffel (Eiffel Tower designer) once I heard this you could see familiar features.
It was really different walking around here, in Marrakesh its crazy and everyone wants to sell you something but here we walked free, there were no other tourists in sight and we weaved the shops without being pestered.
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