Wednesday 14 October

After the obligatory camel ride, we met some hardened travellers at the campsite. Firstly an Austrian couple in their 70's who have travelled to most places in the world that you could possibly imagine over the last 20 years in their purpose built Unimog. Their adventures included 7 different crossings of the Sahara desert.

The Unimog (fuel consumption 20 litres per 100km, road speed 50km/h)

Our other neighbour was a dutch guy called Pim who had just returned from a two year trip around Africa on his own in his old Toyota Landcruiser. He had some amazing stories to tell, perhaps the most curious one was that this was the first car he has ever owned.

Pim and his not always trusty Toyota

Camel riding chic

Linda (white turban) on a cute camel 

Paul gets the ugly one

Camel-cam shadows