together with herbert, a friend of mine, i travelled for 13 months through africa. we crossed the sahara, drove along the west coast to cameroon, across the central saharan countires to east africa and from there along the great lakes to south africa and namibia. here i put together the emails that we sent to families and friends and added some pictures. in those messages i wrote down some of the interesting and funny stories that happend on our journey. it is only a collection of the more memorable moments. africa is still a place full of adventure, beauty and magic - and it isn't possible to capture them in words. you need to go and look for yourself. |
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how
to get a reputation at the land rover club |
three weeks before we left for africa we tested our car at the annual
meeeting of the land rover club. |
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news from
niger |
this email was written in niger and by that time we were almost 50 days on african roads. it tells about our first experiences with muslims, border crossings and car mechanics. | |||||
news from west africa |
another month an a half had passed since the last message. we drove from niger to mali, cote d'ivoire, ghana and togo. in that time we learned more about bribbing and car mechanics. we also bought, lost, caught, killed and cooked our first chicken. | |||||
a
sign of life from africa N'Djamena, Chad / 9.4.'99 |
'wine deliveries' and 'the day mohamed learned to fly' are two stories
worth while telling. they happend on our way through cameroon and chad. |
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salaamaleikum Khartoum, Sudan / 4.5.'99 |
i am still working on this site | |||||
learning
amharic Addis Ababa, Ethiopia / 27.5.'99 |
work in progress |
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roaming
around Nairobi, Kenya / 5.8.'99 |
i'll work on it soon | |||||
stories
about strange souvenirs, train rides and a spice island Dar es Salaam, Tanzania / 12.9.'99 |
this one also needs some work | |||||
land
rover - a strong car Johannesburg, South Africa / 26.10.'99 |
work hasn't even started | |||||
the
end!?! Johannesburg, South Africa / 27.1.'00 |
if i wouldn't have to work so much at work, i could work on it! | |||||