Photos of the Gold Coast’s Slave Forts
When slavery in Africa was still big business, Ghana didn’t exist. The region we now know as Ghana was called the Gold Coast then. Gold was big business until slaves…
Photos of the Pays Dogon – Cliffside Culture
Three days in the Dogon country is only just enough time to gain a small insight into the fascinating culture of the Dogon people who inhabit the small villages along…
Photos of the Pays Dogon – Faces of the Future
I spent a few days walking through the Dogon Country, a fascinating place in Mali with fascinating people. Here are some photos of the children from the numerous villages along…
Photos of Djenne’s Mud Mosque and Monday Market
A small selection of photos of Djenne’s, in Mali, mud mosque and scenes from the Monday market. The mosque, the largest of it’s kind in Mali, was built in 1907…
Photos from Guinea and Mali – the route northeast
A few photos from the cycle from Kouroussa in Guinea, where we ended the boat trip, heading northeast into Mali for Bamako and then on to Djenne.
…Photos of Somoria Chimpanzee Rehabilitation Sanctuary
On day 10 of the Niger River boat trip, we came across a Chimpanzee Rehabilitation Sanctuary. Here are some photos from our visit… For more information on chimpanzee rehabiliation and…
Photos of Niger River Boat Trip – Campsites
We spent 15 days on the Niger river – that’s 14 nights camping in the ‘wild’. The last night, having arrived in Kouroussa, we were able to check into a…
Photos of Niger River Boat Trip – Views of the River
Some views of the Niger River; photos taken during the two week paddle from Faranah to Kouroussa in Guinea…
…Photos of Niger River Boat Trip
We expected it to take 10-14 days to paddle down the Niger River from Faranah to Kouroussa in Guinea. It took 15 long days. It was hard work and tough…
Photos of Niger River Boat Trip – Pre-Departure
Having spent nearly a week in the small but friendly town of Faranah in Guinea, we managed to get built a river-worthy wooden pirogue and buy suplies to keep us…
Photos of Ola During Children’s Hospital, Freetown, Sierra Leone
The Welbodi Partnership ‘Welbodi’, meaning ‘health’ in Krio In Sierra Leone, more than one in four children die before their fifth birthday, mainly from preventable illness or disease such as…
Photos of the Gambia, Senegal and the Guinea’s
Here’s a selection of photos from the last few weeks cycling through the Gambia, Senegal, Guinea Bissau and Guinea. Unfortunately electricity and internet connection are in short supply in this…
Photos of St. Louis, Senegal
A collection of photos from the last few days in St. Louis… Went to a concert last night of El Hadj N’Diaye – his group play traditional Senegalese folk music.…
Photos from Mauritania and into Senegal
In search of a beer – Photos from Nouadhibou, Mauritania to St. Louis in Senegal…
…Photos from the Western Sahara
Made it into Nouadhibou in Mauritania, having crossed the Western Sahara in little more than six days. It was good, but time for a break…. There’s more desert where I’m…
Photos from the Sahara, Morocco and Western Sahara
Photos from the last few days. Cycling from Guelmim, the gateway to the Sahara; to Laayoune, the first major town in the disputed Western Sahara which has been well and truly…
Photos from the coast and more, Morocco
Latest photos from leaving the Erg Chebbi dunes and being dropped in Rissani to arriving in Essaouira on the coast and from there heading south to my current location of…
Photos from the Atlas and Desert, Morocco
Latest photos from my journey through Morocco…
…Photos from the Rif, Morocco
A selection of photos from the first fews days since arriving in Morocco… More photos to come, but the internet is slow here!!
…Photos from Andalusia, Spain
Another selection of photos, this time from Seville onwards.
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