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rally done, micra a bit battered and bruised after an 36 hour stint on the worst roads in history. Chilling out on a sweet beach in kribi. Stay here for a few days then maybe sort out some flights home.
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rally done, micra a bit battered and bruised after an 36 hour stint on the worst roads in history. Chilling out on a sweet beach in kribi. Stay here for a few days then maybe sort out some flights home.
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rally done, micra a bit battered and bruised after an 36 hour stint on the worst roads in history. Chilling out on a sweet beach in kribi. St ** some text is missing **
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We are now in cameroon after a very difficult few miles trying to cross the border yesterday. The micra withstood everything that the rivers could throw at her. The triumph was not so lucky unfortunately. However we are all on the road now. Destination kribi! @
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after negotiating togo and benin yesterday we enjoyed some voodoo culture and armed robbery of equivalent to 1pound and 2cigarettes. crossed into nigeria today, surviving countless roadblocks and crashes to reach ibadam and the safety of a hostel.
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Just reached the coast in ghana, spent the day on a canopy walk in the rainforest and visiting elmina castle. Hitting the cape coast 2mor.
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Just made it across the ghana border. Hoping to find some beers and a decent campsite for tonight. Great to be back on the road having been waiting for speedy gonzalez to get a new engine in ouga for the past few days. @
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had a good night at the auberge awkar. Now going to head inland to ayoun el atrous. Rob loves caroline.
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after having our first glimpes of desert heat today we have aquired 2more cars in our convoy and are camping in real wilderness. David loves his mum
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having survived several near misses with moroccan drivers we are now leaving rabat with our passports stamped and heading to casablanca. Great drills!
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following the disappointment that was alicante. We have now found ourselves at the villa of a member of team triumph. Time for some beers!
Tracks 4 Africa is a mapping service based in South Africa. It is made up of a community of mappers who log their findings on GPS systems and then create the necessary maps out of them. They have kindly sponsored us with maps for our journey - all of which are accurate and up to date.
Polaroid Eyewear have kindly sponsored us with two pairs of sunglasses each so that we are not going to be blinded by the bright sun of the desert!!!
Basically this is a forum for those who are nuts about cars and keen on doing crazy adventures in them. It is an offshoot of the wellknown publication "Auto Express" and we in Team Two Men and a Micra are providing the set with a regular blog in return for some money and some stickers.
These guys have very kindly decided to help us with our vehicle preperation. Much needed things like a roof rack, sump guard and suspension is being sorted out by these guys for a very reasonable price. Located in between Abingdon and Didcot they are the market leaders in the UK in 4x4 vehicle preperation.