Long story short - the posts from 2011 are from the original attempt with my friends to go to the "Race" group of the Bamako rally, to which I (D, real name David ;)) didn't manage to go in the end. Any posts starting October '12 are from the 2012 attempt with me and the wife :)
Do note, I use all kinds of colorful language, and am politically incorrect. You have been warned.

Friday, January 25, 2013

Check-in/OK message from Bamako SPOT Personal Tracker

Bamako
Latitude:47.48810
Longitude:19.02195
GPS location Date/Time:01/25/2013 11:12:41 CET

Message:Checking in - all good!

Click the link below to see where I am located.
http://fms.ws/AzJZm/47.48810N/19.02195E

If the above link does not work, try this link:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=47.48810,19.02195&ll=47.48810,19.02195&ie=UTF8&z=12&om=1

Bamako

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Thursday, January 24, 2013

Typhoid vaccination...

So, let's review - for my typhoid vaccination, I just voluntarily swallowed something that has Salmonella Typhi as its active ingredient. :)

This is going to be fun!

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Saturday, January 19, 2013

OhHiThere!

So, let's review - the LED lights are on:

1) The Trunk
2) The extreme ends of the roof box
3) The top of the roof box in the "Shark" antenna
4) On the bottom of the roof box
5) At the front of the car as daylight driving lights
6) At the back of the Driver/Navigator seats on the divider mesh
7) On every tire valve

DISCO TIME! :)

Do you think...

We have enough guides? :)

Okay, so there might be a few dozen paper maps as well. I know some of you (YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE!) want us to get lost, but we'll try not to give you the satisfaction.

And if we do get lost, I promise to blog about it.

Fooood!

Cup noodles, cookies, energy bars, pate, processed cheese, candy, wafers, rice and beans (with the MRE's still to come, a bottle of cheap Scotch and double-strength instant coffee...

And a small bottle of Hennessy cognac in a pink protective wrap.
Because yeah, that's just how we roll.


(Do note, it's the biggest box of them all...)

Clothes packing...

One of these is all each one gets for 3 weeks... A few t-shirs and pants, towels (sadly, I didn't have time to get "Don't Panic" embroidered on them...), and some underwear, and we're good to go.

Now, being true to "NNNP" (For the non-Yugoslav-socialist-upbringing people, NNNP is "Nic Nas Ne sme Presenetiti" - Nothing is allowed to surprise us), we do have a few Ariel LiquidTabs with us to use in the washing machine.

Washing machine, I hear you ask? Why, of course - if it was good enough for Sal and Dean in "On The Road", a sealable bucket with water in it will be good enough for us!