A few days later I arrived at the banks of the Niger river. West Africa was a whole different vibe from the Sahara and North Africa. https://adventuremotorcyclinghandbook.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/85nigriv.jpg?w=888 After struggling along the very sandy riverside track from Niamey (Niger) into Ma...

That would have been quite an adventure on foot! Was Thailand closed that year? ;-) How did you cross from Tam to Arlit? I ask as I remember when I got to the Niger-Mali border at Labezanga (south of Gao) I saw a faded poster about two French backpackers who'd gone missing south of Tam in summer '84...

After leaving Helmut at In Guezzam, the Algerian border post, I set off across No Man’s Land for Assamaka: the Niger border. It was New Year’s Day, 1986 and the Dakar Rally was leaving Paris. https://adventuremotorcyclinghandbook.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/856-16.jpeg?w=888 After checking into Nig...

The next morning we set off hoping to get to the border before dark. Fat chance. Soon we come across some Swiss riders in trouble: one flipped and cartwheeled his 80G/S and now it won’t turn over. https://adventuremotorcyclinghandbook.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/85bmw.jpg?w=888 Helmut knew his BM f...

In Tamanrasset I meet up with Helmut and we take an overnight excursion up to Assekrem in the Hoggar mountains. https://adventuremotorcyclinghandbook.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/856-10.jpeg?w=888 Helmut on the R90. The overnighter was a good chance to test our bikes. https://adventuremotorcyclingha...

https://adventuremotorcyclinghandbook.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/dtg856-1.jpeg With time to kill during all this hibernating, I recently revised and reissued my Desert Travels book about my Sahara journeys in the 1980s. https://adventuremotorcyclinghandbook.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/dtrav2021.jp...

Also known as Strictly Come Desert Baking, an Xmas present to all ABR readers.

List updated.
See first post.

New Mags in the pipeline, I hear.

Just got sent this:
https://nearlywildcamping.org

May be of interest and they claim to be bike-friendly.

Last few: £45 posted. • Fits in minutes • Displays psi or bar once the wheel is rolling • Cycles every few seconds between front and rear tyre readings • Magnetic-mounted display module slips in the pocket • Wireless valve caps lock-ring to the valve stem with yellow tool supplied • Display dish/hol...