Macclesfields Finest - Africa Overland

Leaving Kafountine we headed inland through the Casamance region, firstly to the big town of Ziguinchor which is the gateway / capital of the region. Only three years ago Casamance was in the ‘no go’ list due to a full on bullet flying guerrilla war, although now it has ended […]

On leaving camping Sekuta we headed initially to what looked like a nice and quiet border crossing into the Casamance region of Senegal. However on arrival it became clear that it was so quiet because the only way of crossing the border here was in a pirogue over one of […]

One of the experiences recommended by the Lonely Planet Guide is staying at a small village campement. These are often community run projects where you can get a feel for African village life, all the sights, sounds and smells!
An example of the above was in a place called Yayeme, just […]

Malika proved to be a nice place, our hostel/brothel was just off the beach. We managed to get a bit of surfing done, despite the locals warning us about the dangerous waters - complete wth whirl pools apparently, something I havent experienced in my short time in surfing. Granted there […]

As Andy has mentioned we met up with two french chaps Claude and Begnat in St Louis. I am presuming that it was down to the freely flowing Gazelle Beers that we agreed to take on the next part of the journey as a convoy with them, but we did.
After […]

So here we are looking like we are just about to leave Senegal, and finally I am getting down to write about our first days here, which seemed like a long time ago.
After Nouakchott we headed south towards the Senegalese border. The road was again pretty monotonous but became greener and […]