Amsterdam – Dakar Challenge in beeld

Fill up the tank

At the Dutch / Belgium border, friends write some messages on the car to wish us good luck!

On the road! We finaly started.

In France, we have nice weather!

The Millau bridge

Fill up the tanks again.

And drinking coffee

On the bike, a hell of a ride!

Little stop, some of us had to pee. 😉

Some relaxing

At the hotel in Sotogrande. The first official gathering place.

Boarding the ferry to Africa

Inside the ferry

Bye bye Europe!

After the Moroccan border.

We have to wait for the rest of the group

Finaly, on the road again

And off the road

Daily transportation

A taxi passed us while we paussed

Steep uphill

I think we have to go that way… but i’m not sure!

The road gets worse and worse…

These locals helped us to find the right direction. The drive in front of us for over 4 hours!

A little mud on the bike

At the gasstation, we had to eat with the owner

The route we drove, and where we ‘lost’

No flies, so this meat is good to eat!

The tajine was wonderful!

Some other teams passed us while we eat

Local market

Thats how we sleep, inside the little Suzuki SJ413 Long Wheel Base

In a taxi, to the center of Marrakech

At the Medina

Breakfast

Just a little rain in de morning

Serviced the cars and bike

Ther is still some space left

No bridges, so you can pile up as high as you want.

Drive into the night (again)

Pause when we meet the ocean

And we’re not alone

Tanking again, luckely gas is cheap in Africa

Wind blows the sand over the straat

Faded glory

Suauki to the rescue

Broken leafs on the Daihatsu. On both sides!

Should this truck still work?

All alone

Our loyal companion

We met all the other teams at the camping

One long straight road for 700 km. At the left side is the desert, at the right side is the ocean (sometimes to see)

Between the Moroccan border, and the Western Sahara is the no man’s land. Here are mines hidden (they say).

At the customs office

Buy car insurance. No office, just a table

The local fisherman work hard

Babyshark

Suzuki to the rescue (again!!)

Old Renault

Yes, it’s working!

People don’t have much at the outside of the city

Locals begging for a pen, a t-shirt, food … actually everything

All stuck in de sand

Just 3 of us made it, and ofcourse the Suzuki made it too!

Broken exhaust on the Trooper

There is no road anymore

Playing golf in the desert

A little later, we removed the complete exhaust

Little village in the middle of the desert

Only sand, nothing else!

Getting dark again, but we have to go further!

Next morning

Our camp, we came in late last night!

Is’nt that beautiful?

Yes, people live here! Only 1 hut, in the middle of nowhere!

We slepped in a hotel

Kids trying te sell everything. Other kids are begging

Hé, another Suzuki!

Camels

What the African people can do, we can do also!

The local tireshop

At the Auberge

Local transportation

Little store

Begging woman and children

Walking home after the work on the land

Dust? Where?

We drove almost hit this ‘beast’! If we had hit it, the car had been a total loss! The beast is about 1.5 meters long!

The end is near!

Beautiful beach at the Zebra Bar

Baobab trees

Almost in Dakar

Busy trafic

At the Pink Lake

Cars parked directly at the pool. What a life!

Karaokebar in Dakar City

The Pink Lake is pink because there is much salt in it!

At the ferry over the Banjul river

In a hotel in Serrekunda, Gambia We made it!

And so we deserve a beer!

We have givven away our Suzuki to charity (www.happygunjur.nl), Mr. Happy will take care of our ‘baby’!

Kids at the compound of Mr. Happy

http://www.happygunjur.nl ensures the children receive education. We visited the school

Thanks to http://www.happygunjur.nl the children get a hot meal every day. This meal is prepared outside, in the sand!

A last view at the car. We had a good time together!

Arjan shakes hands with Mr. Happy to whish him a lot of save kilometers with the Suzuki

Mr. Happy learns how the free hubs work

Bye bye Suzuki.Bye bye Africa!

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