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Author: Fergus Blakiston

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Africa, overland, The Travel Diaries, TRAVEL, Travel Stories

9/11/89

The whole day after we left camp consisted of driving. We stopped at about 9:00 at a wayside gas station … Continue reading 9/11/89

Africa, overland, The Travel Diaries, TRAVEL, Travel Stories

8/11/89

The annoying “beep” of the borrowed watch on my wrist woke me at 5:15 AM. I crept across the darkened … Continue reading 8/11/89

Africa, overland, The Travel Diaries, TRAVEL, Travel Stories

7/11/89

DAY SEVENTY-SEVEN Most the morning was taken up with showering (again!) and doing some washing. At 10:30 we walked up … Continue reading 7/11/89

Africa, overland, The Travel Diaries, TRAVEL, Travel Stories

6/11/89

Pullar and I got up a 6:45 and cooked up fried spud for breakfast then at 8:30 a guy called … Continue reading 6/11/89

Africa, overland, The Travel Diaries, TRAVEL, Travel Stories

5/11/89

I got up early and went over to the Encounter camp to boil the kettle as we have no wood … Continue reading 5/11/89

Africa, overland, The Travel Diaries, TRAVEL, Travel Stories

4/11/89

First thing on the agenda for the morning was a very cold shower. Water is in short supply in Tamanrasset … Continue reading 4/11/89

Africa, overland, The Travel Diaries, TRAVEL, Travel Stories

3/11/89

Russel, Pullar and I got up before dawn and walked over the ridge to the rocks to watch and photograph … Continue reading 3/11/89

Africa, overland, The Travel Diaries, TRAVEL, Travel Stories

2/11/89

DAY SEVENTY-TWO Out across the early morning sand, a figure was walking towards us with a sack perched on his … Continue reading 2/11/89

Africa, overland, The Travel Diaries, TRAVEL, Travel Stories

1/11/89

We had a leisurely get-up & packed the truck then drove over to the border post. No sign of Scotty … Continue reading 1/11/89

Africa, overland, The Travel Diaries, TRAVEL, Travel Stories

31/10/89

Skip and Chris, being true malcontents, want to leave the trip and make their own way north. Good riddance to … Continue reading 31/10/89

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