Mauri
 

Hi Piotr

It is a fairly long trip - in 30 days however the R10 and R11 elements, returning along the tarmac is manageable (just! - with a couple of long days)

John

stiupid question
 

Hi John,
I'm sorry but I have to ask a stiupid question :oops2:, where I could find the details of R10 and R11. I've got Scott's book but old one and the last route is R9.
Please advice me.

Piotr

R10 and R11
 

Hi Piotr

I found them in Chris Scott's latest edition which I bought only a month ago

cheers

John

Hi John,
that's good news, I mean this is not a problem with me but with shoping only. Is there anything new about Libya if you copmare it to the older edition?
Have you found anybody else for that trip to Mali ?


Piotr

January/RIM
 

Hi there,

It is going to be almost a crowd in Mauri in January :thumbup1: Good for social and safety reasons. I plan to get to Nema sometime in second half of January, so we might see each other somewhere on the track.

cheers

Jarek

Where are you going?
 

Hi Jarek

Where are you off to?

John

Jan/RIM
 

John,

I just plan to make a trip through Mauri and then head back to Europe. Unfortunately I have bills to pay and can't spend more than a month off :thumbdown:.
I should be in Mauri this winter but due to various reasons stopped in West. Sahara. Anyhow, should you be there in January, look for white Landy 110 hardtop (looks a bit like Red Cross).

Jarek

Hi there !
with whole respect Jarek, probably there will be a few dozens of white Landies driving in all directions :clap:.

Piotr

It might be best not to count on that. Last year in the hinterland our group met one tourist car in three weeks - and that was Cyril & Sylvie Ribas... Not much local traffic either. Busier this year maybe. Have a good trip.

Nice pictures Richard. Did you navigate the piste from ATAR to NEMA with the Chris Scott track or you have your own one? What maps do you use? I have old French maps (1:250K) on TTQV and I wonder if those are accurate.

RGDS

Jarek

Hi Jarek,

We used Jose Brito's points (also published in Sahara O, I think); some from Mauritanie Au GPS and one or two of our own from previous visits.

We started from Chinguetti across the erg and made a few other variations, but for 90% of the time we stuck to the main route.

My guess is the piste has stayed roughly the same since the Songhai Empire, but the dunes do move year-to-year so it is sometimes better to read the ground and your maps rather than chasing a bearing.

The IGN 200k maps are good, but better if cross-referenced with another set like the TPC. Google Earth gives some sense of the terrain.

Cheers, Richard

Waypoints
 

Hi Richard

thanks for the link to the way points

Excellent stuff ! Very helpful !

Regards

John

Festival - Mali
 

Hi,
How is your trip planning oing ? have you left ?. I am down in Guinea-Bissau planning to go up for the Music Festival begining of Jan. It would be good to know some others going the same way as I am a Solo Biker (F650 GS Dakar). I have been down in Guinea-Bissau for a year now working as a volunteer for a landmine clearance company and am desperate to streach the legs a little back on to the sand. Dirt Tracks and trees are great but i do love the desert.

Andy

Hi Andy

We will be in Bamako about 5th Jan then on to the festival Stay in touch perhaps we can meet

John

western sahara crossing - piste along the railway
 

hey all,

we're planning to head down western sahara over christmas and then taking the piste along the railway to atar. just scanned through the thread and saw some similar plans. Might be nice to team up

not much time now, but I'l check this again later this week

cheers

Daan and Chris