The African journey The first leg was from my UK base in Hertfordshire (Oct 28th 2007), to Algeciras on the Straits of Gibralter (Jan 13th). We came by Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Gothenberg, Stockholm, Berlin, Dresden, Paris, Narbonne (by train), Barcelona, Valencia, Malaga (for the Dakar), and Gaucin. The second leg was from Tangier to Dakar (April 3rd). We came by Marrakech, Casablanca, and Agadir, then Dakhla in Western Sahara, where I kite-surfed, then into Mauritania and down to Nouakchott, where I met some friends. We made a trip to the mountains to Chingeti and the Oudane oasis; then I drove down to the Senegal frontier, and down to Dakar. Next, east for Bamako and Timbuktu, and south to Ougadougou in Burkina Fasso, Lome in Togo, and Conotou in Benin, and on towards Capetown...