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

Dakhla - Nouadhibou Camping 381km

Wednesday 24th
Mileage 68650
We continue on the loooong western Sahara road today and leave camp at 5.45am as we must make good progress, Crossing the border from Marocco to Mauritania can take some time, We must first dross the Moroccan border, then we drive through the approx 4km of 'No Mans Land' there is a track we must stick to as there are land mines either side and exploded car wrecks left there to warn of the danger....to be continued....
some pics to follow soon too :)

So we arrived at the Moroccan side of the border at 10am and wait...... Finally we receive our passports back, drive the 4km of no mans land (strictly sticking to the track) at 12.30. We then wait.......and leave the border to enter Mauritania at 3pm. Although we spend a very long time in the heat at a boring border it was not so bad. Everyone was in high spirits and we were all talking and getting to know each other better :)
Anyway, by the 'African Way' I don't think 5 hours to cross the border is too bad! Haha
85km later and we arrive at 'Camp Abba' no dancing queens here though, this is Mauritania, Commonly described as a s**thole! It's noticeable as soon as the border is crossed, its smelly and there is rubbish everywhere, lots of plastic, bags and bottles, but, the people have bigger smiles and this time no different to my previous experience of Nouadhibou, They are all very friendly and interested on us and Laura and make us feel very welcome.
We set up our tents, changed our Moroccan 'Dirhams' into Mauritanian 'Ouguiya' and then went for a drive, we were told we will not be passing anywhere to buy lunch for 2 days so we must shop. We had fun buying fruit, bread, tuna, water, biscuits etc then just drove around a little, One small side street had about 10 hairdressers and because Dad did not have time before he left he decided to visit one! There were 4 guys inside this really tine room and I think it must have been about 70 degrees in there I therefore stood in the doorway (there was no room for me anyway!) Turns out the men were from Ghana and love England so we had a really good laugh with them. Dad wanted a trim so we were both a little nervous when the barber stood ready and armed with a shaver! But he did a great job (even though it took forever! ….but nothing needs to be done fast in Africa!

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