From jungle to desert…

48. Guinea, 49. Senegal, 50. Mauritania 5 Comments

The wet continues… It’s rained almost every day since we entered Liberia. Not such a big deal on the tarmac, but get on any of the jungle pistes and you slow down to walking pace. We were still keen however to cross into Senegal using the more obscure route via the village of Mali. We [...]

Transit Sierra Leone, enter Guinea

46. Liberia, 47. Sierra Leone, 48. Guinea 5 Comments

Monrovia has got ridiculously expensive accommodation, so having picked up the Sierra Leone visa (including permits for the bikes) the same day, we were keen to hit the road immediately. However, maintenance required on the Access meant we had to overnight in the Liberian capital. The cheapest motel we could find was clean enough, but [...]