This afternoon we crossed out of the hellhole that is Mauritania into Mali, which is still hot, but somehow a lot more pleasant and laid back. Evening brought us to Nioro du Sahel, a small town with only one hotel that looked frankly awful, so we've decided to bush camp. With six cars we should be safe, but just in case, our coordinates are N 15deg 9'18.3" W 9deg 29'10.2", elevation 304m.
We've had a busy couple of days, but the sat-link didn't work on the beach or in Nouakchott. When I finally got through to Inmarsat technical help from Eastern Mauritania, in true Tomorrow's World style it was working perfectly again!
Tomorrow we should make it all the way down to Bamako, via the Valley of the Serpents. Shan't be opening the doors there. We've made excellent time, so there should be a chance to get to Timbuktu for a day, and maybe the Festival au Segou. But first: beer, a bath and a long lie-in.
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Great News - i will look up Nioro de Sahel tomorrow on Google, I have alreasy "flown" most of the route with Google so I am hopeful of finding it, thoug bits of it are hazy - trouble with streaming sometimes too. I hope Titch has been behaving as well - Sylvia looked good on the photo.
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