Wrapping Up Mauritania/Senegal

Here's a little video of our river campaign: Make sure you crank the volume. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYQCzaDwvCs&context=C4ef979dADvjVQa1PpcFP6sI22Z5lVO4jMBMwKCrG24U-XDwjJyh8=

We're into Mali now. Senegal and Mauritania are dust in the wind. Have a look at this for even more dust in the wind: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_KnLCTsAq0&context=C4508b88ADvjVQa1PpcFP6sI22Z5lVO70mG8GNQEwgDACZa7Rxda0= 

Some Numbers

Borders crossed: 3

Days on the road: 56

4am rousings by Imams: 56:

Mileage: 6 519km

Monies raised to date: R13 150

Modes of transport used: 6 (camel, horse-carriage, donkey-cart, pirogue, sept-place taxi, bus)

Combined percentage of bodies sun-burned: 196%

Childrens’ hands shaken: 346

Number of different bacteria on average child’s hand: 13

No. carrots eaten: 2

No. carrots seen after food poisoning: 3 (?)

No. tins of sardines consumed: 33

No. Islamic Holy Cities visited: 2

Lashes received in town square: 0

The Way

Looking Forward

First impressions of Mali

Here is McAlpine eating a boiled egg at 4am in a garage. Those are dust flakes. In the second image you will notice how he discarded the shells on the ground. 19 hours later we had crossed our third frontier.