Timbucktou

Sorry for the lack of updates recently, I have been waiting for the remaining photos to come through so that I can complete a 'Delage2Africa bumper edition' update!

Timbucktou is now out of the way and has been described as being rather a run down place but certainly somwhere a traveller should go.

Having said that the barber was drunk,
Mark doesn't look his best either!

Mark and Sue have visited a couple of mosques and the famous library, it was the first place that had a university. Whilst in Timbucktou Mark also decided that his luscious locks needed a trim and what better place to get it cut than where the ex-French president Metreon (please forgive me if this is misspelt) had his cut! The fact that the Toureg barber was drunk when he cut Mark's may have made for a slightly different cut this time around!

They travelled there by 4x4 as our cars would not have made it in the time that we had to fit in Timbuckto. The vehicle they used was a Toyota Landcruiser, a car that has proved itself on many occasions with different rallies such as this one. Even so, by the end of the trip with the 7 people in the car and the really unbelievable roads meant the car, which was knackered to begin with was definatley minus its suspension and dampers and the ride back was terrible. 

They have now joined up with everyone else and are ready to do their next stint into Burkina- Faso, with yet again an early start!

Everything where they are is covered with a layer of red sand and Mark is at this moment doing a service on the car in prep for tomorrows long mileage.

They will be back out camping in the dessert, which is basic, as they have to be self sufficient, but, I have been told it is actually prefereable to some of the hotels they have stayed in as they are generally dirty, and at least in the dessert you create your own sleeping areas and personal toilet although open to the elements!

There will be another update coming very, very soon indeed so stay tuned in!