| The Itinerary |
| date |
night stop |
country |
km today |
km total |
description |
GPS |
photo |
| 04/09/05 |
rødby |
denmark |
133 |
133 |
a noisy parking place, but with a toilet for the first night out there..! |
N54 46.860
E11 29.278 |
|
| 05/09/05 |
bad herzfeld |
germany |
471 |
604 |
very nice spot in the wood, completely alone and quiet |
N50 55.233
E09 34.494 |
|
| 06/09/05 |
aire du voivre |
france |
626 |
1230 |
regular rest place on the french highway, nice though, and we were alone |
N46 59.316
E05 30.050 |
|
| 07/09/05 |
aire de lapalme |
france |
562 |
1792 |
another rest place in france, a storm came that night |
N42 57.010
E02 57.979 |
|
| 08/09/05 |
la vilella baixa |
spain |
327 |
2119 |
Juan's and Libertad house, a cozy bedroom |
N41 13.185
E00 45.822 |
|
| 09/09/05 |
area abades |
spain |
712 |
2831 |
ugly and noisy spot, but the only one in 500 kms |
N37 19.218
W03 09.428 |
|
| 10/09/05 |
tarifa |
spain |
341 |
3172 |
"Torre de la Peña" -
beautiful campsite by the beach |
N36 03.465
W05 39.611 |
|
| 11/09/05 |
tarifa |
spain |
0 |
3172 |
same as before |
same |
|
| 12/09/05 |
asilah |
morocco |
53 |
3225 |
"Echregui" Campsite -
OK camp in town |
N35 28.316
W06 01.648 |
|
| 13/09/05 |
fès |
morocco |
254 |
3479 |
"Diamant Vert" camp -
very nice camp 6 kilometres out of town, with loads of ducks and germans |
N33 59.274
W05 01.126 |
|
| 14/09/05 |
fès |
morocco |
0 |
3479 |
same as before |
same |
|
| 15/09/05 |
rabat |
morocco |
228 |
3707 |
"Camp de la Plage"
- ugly campsite absolutely shadeless and with a constant barking dog simphony |
N34 02.069
W06 49.700 |
|
| 16/09/05 |
casablanca |
morocco |
93 |
3800 |
"l'Oasis" - OK campsite in the middle of town, surrounded by handy markets (and a loud Minerat) and close to the Mauri embassy |
N33 33.973
W07 38.747 |
|
| 17/09/05 |
casablanca |
morocco |
0 |
3800 |
same as before |
same |
|
| 18/09/05 |
casablanca |
morocco |
0 |
3800 |
same as before |
same |
|
| 19/09/05 |
casablanca |
morocco |
0 |
3800 |
same as before |
same |
|
| 20/09/05 |
atlas mountains |
morocco |
335 |
4135 |
bushcamp - absolutely gorgeous spot in the mountains under a million stars and completely alone |
N31 08.432
W07 25.033 |
|
| 21/09/05 |
ouarzazate |
morocco |
90 |
4225 |
municipal campsite - great camping just 2 km outside town, shady, quiet and cheap. |
N30 55.367
W06 53.189 |
|
| 22/09/05 |
marrakech |
morocco |
200 |
4425 |
Ferdaous Camp - Nice camp 10 km out of Marrakech - saves you the hassle of parking in town - Hassan (066705202) takes you to town for 4 euros.
|
N31 43.165
W07 59.015 |
|
| 23/09/05 |
marrakech |
morocco |
0 |
3800 |
same as before |
same |
|
| 24/09/05 |
essaouira |
morocco |
178 |
4603 |
Sidi Modoul Camp -
Windy and not very exciting place but you can pay a bungalow and park your car just outside the window. |
N31 29.523
W09 45.767 |
|
| 25/09/05 |
essaouira |
morocco |
0 |
4603 |
same as before |
same |
|
| 26/09/05 |
agadir |
morocco |
165 |
4768 |
ghosty camp - not worthy - we had to stay to cure mario's malaria |
N30 25.448
W09 36.425 |
|
| 27/09/05 |
agadir |
morocco |
0 |
4768 |
same as before |
same |
|
| 28/09/05 |
agadir |
morocco |
0 |
4768 |
same as before |
same |
|
| 29/09/05 |
tan tan |
morocco |
358 |
5126 |
gorgeous bushcamp on a cliff - we had the whole atlantic ocean outside our window |
N28 27.225
W11 21.994 |
|
| 30/09/05 |
before dakhla |
western sahara |
585 |
5711 |
OK bushcamp in the western sahara behind some rock formations - around 185 km before Dakhla |
N24 37.346
W14 54.552 |
|
| 01/10/05 |
nouadhibou |
mauritania |
464 |
6175 |
Camping Baie du Levrier - very clean, central and cool camp all in all - with showers and rooms - owner Alí sorts all the insurances and money changes |
N20 54.950
W17 03.017 |
|
| 02/10/05 |
nouadhibou |
mauritania |
0 |
6175 |
same as before |
same |
|
| 03/10/05 |
nouakchott |
mauritania |
435 |
6610 |
Auberge des Nomades - not so good but the only camp in town - Nouakchott is an ugly and dirty city so one day is plenty to stay. |
N18 05.345
W15 58.695 |
|
| 04/10/05 |
st. louis |
senegal |
279 |
6889 |
Camping L'Ocean - OK place in the island but at the moment they're building so is noisy and messy. |
N15 59.843
W16 30.611 |
|
| 05/10/05 |
zebra bar |
senegal |
25 |
6914 |
Zebra bar - Cool Campsite 16 Km out of St. Louis - a MUST for overlanders to chill out after the stressing Rosso border. |
N15 51.908
W16 30.740 |
|
| 06/10/05 |
zebra bar |
senegal |
0 |
6914 |
same as before |
same |
|
| 07/10/05 |
zebra bar |
senegal |
0 |
6914 |
same as before |
same |
|
| 08/10/05 |
zebra bar |
senegal |
45 |
6959 |
same as before |
same |
|
| 09/10/05 |
toubab dialao |
senegal |
288 |
7247 |
Sobo-Badé Hotel - Dutch Courage wrote: it doesn't get better than this, and we could not have said it better. Fantastic place. |
N14 36.341
W17 09.083 |
|
| 10/10/05 |
tambacounda |
senegal |
350 |
7597 |
Bushcamp in a real bush. Around 45 km before Tambacounda - OK and quiet place hidden from the road. |
N13 52.359
W14 06.001 |
|
| 11/10/05 |
wassadou |
senegal |
145 |
7742 |
Wassadou Campement - Excellent campsite by the Gambia River with hippos, crocs and jungle lullaby. Much better than the Nat. Park. |
N13 20.944
W13 22.673 |
|
| 12/10/05 |
wassadou |
senegal |
0 |
7742 |
same as before |
same |
|
| 13/10/05 |
wassadou |
senegal |
0 |
7742 |
same as before |
same |
|
| 14/10/05 |
before kayes |
mali |
271 |
8013 |
Again a bushcamp in a real bush, an off-road drive a few hundred metres from the road, quiet and alone under a Baobab. |
N14 32.491
W12 00.382 |
|
| 15/10/05 |
before didjeni |
mali |
420 |
8433 |
Another bushcamp like the day before, quiet and alone under a Baobab.
|
N14 18.165
W08 10.842 |
|
| 16/10/05 |
bamako |
mali |
224 |
8657 |
Camp chez
Jean-Bakir Bertet. Friendly french guy who's starting a camp in Bamako. Not central but very OK place. |
N12 36.134
W07 56.133 |
|
| 17/10/05 |
bamako |
mali |
0 |
8657 |
same as before |
same |
|
| 18/10/05 |
bamako |
mali |
0 |
8657 |
same as before |
same |
|
| 19/10/05 |
bamako |
mali |
0 |
8657 |
same as before |
same |
|
| 20/10/05 |
bamako |
mali |
53 |
8710 |
same as before |
same |
|
| 21/10/05 |
bamako |
mali |
0 |
8710 |
same as before |
same |
|
| 22/10/05 |
djenne |
mali |
499 |
9202 |
Chez Baba - OK for park your car and use it as a camp. With restaurant, showers and people that constantly play cards on the floor. |
N13 54.374
W04 33.279 |
|
| 23/10/05 |
djenne |
mali |
0 |
9202 |
same as before |
same |
|
| 24/10/05 |
bandiagara |
mali |
161 |
9363 |
Togona Camp - Four kilometres before town, with restaurant and a small museum. Cool place with the cheapest and coldest beer in Mali. |
N14 21.475
W03 38.602 |
|
| 25/10/05 |
bandiagara |
mali |
83 |
9446 |
same as before |
same |
|
| 26/10/05 |
douentza |
mali |
207 |
9653 |
Raid Expeditions Chez Jerome - OK camp with shade and showers - free camp if you eat at the restaurant. VERY GOOD FOOD ..! |
N15 00.531
W02 56.763 |
|
| 27/10/05 |
timbuktu |
mali |
194 |
9847 |
Camping Hotel Tombouctou - Not very central but OK place. Very little parking place so you're better off paying a room.
|
N16 45.397
W03 00.230 |
|
| 28/10/05 |
timbuktu |
mali |
0 |
9847 |
same as before |
same |
|
| 29/10/05 |
timbuktu |
mali |
0 |
9847 |
same as before |
same |
|
| 30/10/05 |
douentza |
mali |
217 |
10064 |
Raid Expeditions Chez Jerome -
same as 26/10/05 |
N15 00.531
W02 56.763 |
|
| 31/10/05 |
bamako |
mali |
703 |
10767 |
Camp chez Jean-Bakir Bertet - same as 16/10/05 |
N12 36.134
W07 56.133 |
|
| 01/11/05 |
bamako |
mali |
0 |
10767 |
same as before |
same |
|
| 02/11/05 |
bamako |
mali |
0 |
10767 |
same as before |
same |
|
| 03/11/05 |
bamako |
mali |
0 |
10767 |
same as before |
same |
|
| 04/11/05 |
badogo |
mali |
309 |
11076 |
"bushcamp" by the town's school while we visited for two days a Danish Aid project.
NOT FOR TOURISTS |
N11 02.123
W08 12.906
NOT FOR TOURISTS |
|
| 05/11/05 |
badogo |
mali |
0 |
11076 |
same as before |
same |
|
| 06/11/05 |
bobo dioulasso |
burkina faso |
437 |
11513 |
Casa Africa - Cool and cheap place with a good restaurant (super meat brochettes!) - Can easily stay many days here. |
N11 10.153
W04 18.708 |
|
| 07/11/05 |
bobo dioulasso |
burkina faso |
0 |
11513 |
same as before |
same |
|
| 08/11/05 |
bobo dioulasso |
burkina faso |
0 |
11513 |
same as before |
same |
|
| 09/11/05 |
ouagadougou |
burkina faso |
340 |
11853 |
Hotel OK Inn - expensive place but you can camp for free if you use the bar - ignore the advice of using the parking place and go behind the bungalows. |
N12 20.116
W01 30.821 |
|
| 10/11/05 |
mole nat. park |
ghana |
465 |
12316 |
Mole Motel - excellent spot with a fantastic view - at the moment you can not camp anymore but a good room costs only 10 us$ |
N09 15.602
W01 51.330 |
|
| 11/11/05 |
mole nat. park |
ghana |
0 |
12316 |
same as before |
same |
|
| 12/11/05 |
kusami |
ghana |
362 |
12678 |
Presbiterian Guest House - OK place in the center - you can have a room or camp, both ways you'll get awoken by an early infamous rooster. |
N06 41.276
W01 37.267 |
|
| 13/11/05 |
kakum nat. park |
ghana |
221 |
12899 |
Kakum Camp - fabulous camp in the rain forest - (just 20 kms after the Disney Hans Botel with plastic ducks in the lake and paddle boats.) |
N05 20.924
W01 22.993 |
|
| 14/11/05 |
brenu |
ghana |
62 |
12961 |
Brenu Beach Resort - PARADISE..!!! the whole beach for yourself, cheap lobsters, cheap beer, what else does one need...?
|
N05 04.094
W01 25.299 |
|
| 15/11/05 |
brenu |
ghana |
0 |
12961 |
same as before |
same |
|
| 16/11/05 |
brenu |
ghana |
0 |
12961 |
same as before |
same |
|
| 17/11/05 |
kokrobite |
ghana |
141 |
13102 |
Big Milly's Backyard - Total relaxing place - just on the beach, with a great restaurant - bucket showers..! |
N05 29.761
W00 21.939 |
|
| 18/11/05 |
kokrobite |
ghana |
0 |
13102 |
same as before |
same |
|
| 19/11/05 |
kokrobite |
ghana |
71 |
13173 |
same as before |
same |
|
| 20/11/05 |
kokrobite |
ghana |
0 |
13173 |
same as before |
same |
|
| 21/11/05 |
kokrobite |
ghana |
82 |
13255 |
same as before |
same |
|
| 22/11/05 |
kokrobite |
ghana |
0 |
13255 |
same as before |
same |
|
| 23/11/05 |
lomé |
togo |
236 |
13491 |
Chez Alice - OK camping on the road after Lomé - not so sure about the monkeys in chains in the garden, but only place. |
N06 09.982
E01 20.474 |
|
| 24/11/05 |
ouidah |
benin |
115 |
13606 |
Le Jardin Bresilien - Really good place on the beach - We'll stay here for some days while we work on the Danish project in town.
|
N06 19.543
E02 05.568 |
|
| 25/11/05 |
ouidah |
benin |
0 |
0 |
same as before |
same |
|
| 26/11/05 |
ouidah |
benin |
0 |
0 |
same as before |
same |
|
| 27/11/05 |
ouidah |
benin |
0 |
0 |
same as before |
same |
|
| 28/11/05 |
ouidah |
benin |
0 |
0 |
same as before |
same |
|
| 29/11/05 |
ouidah |
benin |
0 |
0 |
same as before |
same |
|
| 30/11/05 |
ouidah |
benin |
0 |
0 |
same as before |
same |
|
| 01/12/05 |
ouidah |
benin |
0 |
0 |
same as before |
same |
|
| 02/12/05 |
ouidah |
benin |
0 |
0 |
same as before |
same |
|
| 03/12/05 |
ouidah |
benin |
0 |
0 |
same as before |
same |
|
| 04/12/05 |
ouidah |
benin |
0 |
0 |
same as before |
same |
|
| 05/12/05 |
ouidah |
benin |
255 |
13861 |
same as before |
same |
|
| 06/12/05 |
ouidah |
benin |
0 |
0 |
same as before |
same |
|
| 07/12/05 |
ouidah |
benin |
0 |
0 |
same as before |
same |
|
| 08/12/05 |
grand popo |
benin |
107 |
13968 |
Auberge Grand Popo - great place to camp in front of the beach - don't miss the sea turtles release almost every evening |
N06 16.745
E01 49.769 |
|
| 09/12/05 |
grand popo |
benin |
30 |
13998 |
same as before |
same |
|
| 10/12/05 |
grand popo |
benin |
0 |
0 |
same as before |
same |
|
| 11/12/05 |
grand popo |
benin |
0 |
0 |
same as before |
same |
|
| 12/12/05 |
ouidah |
benin |
142 |
14140 |
Sassou Hotel - |
N06 22.100
E02 03.812 |
|
| 13/12/05 |
ouidah |
benin |
82 |
14222 |
same as before |
same |
|
| 14/12/05 |
ada |
ghana |
291 |
14513 |
Cocoloco Beach Resort |
N05 46.657
E00 36.626 |
of course we forgot the picture of the last stop |
| 15/12/05 |
tema |
ghana |
93 |
14606 |
Tema harbour |
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