| 3rd Edition 2nd Dec 2001 |
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| We are now on our 2nd edition of TAT, (the Trans Africa Times) | View the 1st Edition View 2nd Edition | ||||
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Company Africa Overland Club Other trips The Crew The Passengers we will be adding profiles for the 25 Passengers here. |
Western Sahara
The disputed area of West Sahara has Miles of flat almost featureless desert plain and very few roads |
Surfers Beach in Morocco
The Sunsets over water will start to be missed when we start heading inland!!
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Essaouira- an old colonial Fishing Town
The old Hippie town on the atlantic Coast gave the Group a few hours rest and one of the last stops before we hit West Sahara and the Desert Crossing |
Marrakech
Last preparations for the Desert Crossing, Graham removes any sharp bits from our Sand Mats, we have 8 of them and there will be days when we will have to cross the sand continuously on the mats.. Hard word Ahead. |
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Maverick..
Maureen finds a new friend and Tent Guard
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Morocco's Skeleton Coast
Many Ships have found the last days beached on this rough coastline. This is one that has split in 2. |
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Our New Arrival- Kerry joined us in Marrakesh, read her story of what its like to join a trip 3 weeks after the rest have started
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Three French Cyclists -
We met three French cyclists who are cycling around the world to help promote the use of fresh water and purification systems. There route will take them to Dakar in Senegal where they then leave for Argentina. After some time on South America and crossing the Andes they are then off to Australia and up the malaysian peninsular to Thailand , Bangladesh and then India. They plan to Visit the Dalai Lama in Nepal if time, and health permits.
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Dakhla.. one of the last towns in Western Sahara
Time for a few days off by the Beach before we head south to Mauritania. and Had work. The roads south of the border are notoriously bad and it is easier to pass along the Beach and use sand Mats.
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Leave only footprints take only Photos
We found so much rubbish on this beautiful beach that we decided to try and help by tidying the beach, by getting rid of the Broken Glass, Cans, Plastic Bottles etc.
Every Little Helps. |
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| Our adventurous
ladies visit a ladies only Hamam
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More Photos of the trip so far |
What is a Trans Africa Expedition?
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