Recent content by netllama

Tchad Evasion is the agency that I used. Good luck

I was in Chad last year. You need govt permits to travel outside the capital, and you will struggle to get them without fixer or tour agency inside Chad.

What fighting are you refering to? Generalizing an entire continent is prolly not a great idea.

Nice, thanks for sharing. I was supposed to spend time in Chad last November, but pandemic requirements made it impossible.

Its absolutely doable in a Subaru. I've been up there with my Outback. People drive up there in BMW's, and all sorts of other ridiculous vehicles.

Nothing in this thread is discussing Saudi Arabia.

My tour was arranged with La Gueila Voyages ( http://lagueila.com ). Its also a guesthouse (auberge) in Chinguetti run by a French woman. I'd strongly discourage doubling back to Noakchott, as its a lot of extremely boring driving, and when you add in all the police checkpoints (expecting...

None of the wells that I saw had anyone 'manning' them. Some were near villages, where I guess someone might be caring for them, but nothing had a dedicated person. I never saw any modern architecture outside of the larger towns & cities. Doesn't mean it didn't exist, but seems unlikely that...

Can you elaborate on what the problem is exactly? I see many others able to load it in the past 24 hours.

hours from everywhere the freeway goat, its what's for dinner Ben Amera dawn Just 173 more miles to the coast Hundreds of additional photos are available here. A very detailed, day by day trip report is posted here. As a side note, I also spent about 9 days riding a motorbike south...

I've recently returned from spending time in the Sahara desert, the largest of this planet's many deserts. More specifically, I spent nearly 2 weeks exploring very remote corners of the nation of Mauritania. Some of you may be thinking, Mauri-what?? Mauritania doesn't get much attention...

No, I didn't get up to that part of the country unfortunately.

The only stuff that I brought with me was clothing, electronics (phone, tablet & camera), water bottle, and some energy bars. The rental came with a plug kit & sleeping bags. There was no toilet system (i'm not sure why that's necessary anyway), nor shower system. Not sure what you mean...

Food & fuel aren't hard to find for the most part. It depends on how far from major towns you intend to travel. Since the majority of Namibia's road network is unpaved, I can't simply say "there's food & fuel as long as you're on an official road", because that's definitely not true...

Yes, it came with everything (other than, oddly, a can opener). This is what I rented: https://www.savannacarhire.com.na/car-rental/1400665738/Toyota-Hilux