Our repeat excursion to Senegal was just as much fun as our first visit in this lovely, laid back country. Saint Louis was our first stop and we stayed at the popular overlanding haunt of Zebrabar where our stay coincided with the Amsterdam to Dakar rally event so it was a busy campsite. Saint Louis…Continue reading Senegal
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Mauritania
During our first visit to Mauritania in December 2010, much of the country was off limits. Needless to say, we were really excited to revisit 13 years later to see how much it had changed. The border crossing from Western Sahara into Mauritania took a tedious 7 hours and we were happy to finally get…Continue reading Mauritania
Morocco
Morocco is an easy country to revisit and we thoroughly enjoyed seeing how much some of our favorite spots had changed since our last visit. Tangier helped kick off our Moroccan adventure and we marveled at the difference from 22 years ago – the incessant touts harassing tourists in the labyrinth medina are long gone…Continue reading Morocco
Bahrain – Muharraq & Manama
Even though we had PCR covid test results within 48 hours of entering Bahrain, we were still forced to take another one at the border (free, courtesy of the Bahrain government). None of us were supposed to leave the hotel until the test results came back and were posted in the contact tracing app, “Be…Continue reading Bahrain – Muharraq & Manama