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TravBuddy.com: johnyb66's Budapest - Bamako Great Africa Run travel blog</title>
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<description>This is amazing.. A rally through Europe and into Africa. Crossing into morocco, western sahara, Mauritania and ending in Mali.               

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<title>Bamako. Final Day. Visit to the school. Ecole Privee Youchaou, Kalabankoro</title>
<link>http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/14317/Bamako-Final-Day-Visit-to-the-school-Ecole-Privee-Youchaou-Kalabankoro-Bamako-22</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:19:20 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Bamako-travel-guide-1072314">Bamako, Mali</a>, Jan 28, 2008</p>
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Today is the day that I have been thinking of for so much of the trip. We are finally visiting the school on the outskirts of Bamako.&amp;nbsp; I have ...</p>
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<title>Nouara - Bamako</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Nouara-travel-guide-1073103">Nouara, Mali</a>, Jan 27, 2008</p>
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MADE IT TO THE FINISH. :)
Daily Mileage 300
I really couldn’t sleep after the night before and was awake quite early and long before anybody el...</p>
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<title>Nara</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2008 14:13:16 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Nouara-travel-guide-1073103">Nouara, Mali</a>, Jan 26, 2008</p>
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Daily Mileage 5
I woke early even though it was a very late night working on car 116. I could hear a lot of the other competitors leaving already ...</p>
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<title>Kiffa - Nara</title>
<link>http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/14317/Kiffa-Nara-Kiffa-19</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:11:11 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Kiffa-travel-guide-1087455">Kiffa, Mauritania</a>, Jan 25, 2008</p>
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We left the campsite and drove for about 3 hours on paved roads and our battery went flat. This was just past a military check point and th...</p>
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<title>Nouakchott to Kiffa</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:09:24 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Nouakchott-travel-guide-1087480">Nouakchott, Mauritania</a>, Jan 24, 2008</p>
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Daily Drive 413 miles.
The idea today was to get up early as we knew we had a long drive ahead of us. We would be leaving Mauritania.
Well, we al...</p>
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<title>Nouakchott Rest Day</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 14:07:20 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Nouakchott-travel-guide-1087480">Nouakchott, Mauritania</a>, Jan 23, 2008</p>
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We were going to drive halfway to Kiffa today and camp somewhere along the route. I wasn&apos;t too happy with this as it would mean camping somewhere n...</p>
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<title>Nouakchott</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:05:44 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Nouakchott-travel-guide-1087480">Nouakchott, Mauritania</a>, Jan 22, 2008</p>
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After setting camp the previous night to avoid high tide we awoke to a really strong sand storm. The camping equpment was covered in sand and steve...</p>
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<title>Nouadhibou. Beach Party</title>
<link>http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/14317/Nouadhibou-Beach-Party-Nouadhibou-15</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:04:12 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Nouadhibou-travel-guide-1087479">Nouadhibou, Mauritania</a>, Jan 21, 2008</p>
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Nouadhibou beach to Nouakchott beach.Daily miles 224
Yet another crazy day. Im sure that as the trip goes on, it is getting madder and madder.This...</p>
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<title>Dakhla - Nouadhibou</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2008 13:46:07 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/dakhla-travel-guide-1319605">dakhla, Western Sahara</a>, Jan 20, 2008</p>
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Day 8
Dakhla to Nouadhibou
260 miles.
When steve woke up today he was really ill. A very bad stomach and extremely tired. This was not good as t...</p>
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<title>Hotel Tattoine - Dakhla</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2008 13:37:40 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Smara-travel-guide-1084184">Smara, Morocco</a>, Jan 19, 2008</p>
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Day 8
Hotel Tattooine to Dakhla
515 miles
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After yesterday not a lot to say, thank goodness. A really long boring drive. Quite boring lan...</p>
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<title>Tata - Hotel Tattoine</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:35:09 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Tata-travel-guide-1085466">Tata, Morocco</a>, Jan 18, 2008</p>
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Day6
Tata to Hotel tattoine. (western sahara)
Daily miles 454
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Now this was one of those days that you could not even make up. 
While we...</p>
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<title>Ifrane - Tata</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:39:26 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Ifrane-travel-guide-1080435">Ifrane, Morocco</a>, Jan 17, 2008</p>
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Day 6 
Ifrane to Tata.
516 miles.
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We woke early for the long drive to Tata. Myself and Steve had decided the route we wanted to take tod...</p>
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<title>Nador - Ifrane</title>
<link>http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/14317/Nador-Ifrane-Nador-10</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:20:45 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Nador-travel-guide-1082472">Nador, Morocco</a>, Jan 16, 2008</p>
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Nador to &amp;nbsp;Ifrane (Just outside Fes)
450 miles
This was a bit of a nightmare day. |Not how I expected to spend my first day in Morocco. Two o...</p>
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<title>Murcia - Nador</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:20:44 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Murcia-travel-guide-346275">Murcia, Spain</a>, Jan 15, 2008</p>
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Murcia – Nador (Morocco)
152 miles.
For the first time since setting off last Monday this is the first day I have woken up naturally without an...</p>
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<title>Meyreuil - Murcia</title>
<link>http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/14317/Meyreuil-Murcia-Meyreuil-8</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:08:46 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Meyreuil-travel-guide-452933">Meyreuil, France</a>, Jan 14, 2008</p>
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Meyreuil - Murcia
681 miles
The longest day of the tour.&amp;nbsp; 1100km of motorway through France and |Spain to the campsite for the night. 
As I...</p>
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<title>Venice to Meyreuil</title>
<link>http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/14317/Venice-to-Meyreuil-Venice-7</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2008 13:03:16 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Venice-travel-guide-279039">Venice, Italy</a>, Jan 13, 2008</p>
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492 miles
This has been my favourite day so far. We were going to call into Monaco on the way to the hotel in France. 
The countryside and scener...</p>
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<title>Rally start. Budapest - Venice.</title>
<link>http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/14317/Rally-start-Budapest-Venice-Budapest-6</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2008 13:00:30 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Budapest-travel-guide-994847">Budapest, Hungary</a>, Jan 12, 2008</p>
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This is it. Where all the planning and stress is finally put behind us and we finally start the rally.&amp;nbsp; I cant wait. It is going to be so nerv...</p>
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<title>Arrival in Budapest</title>
<link>http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/14317/Arrival-in-Budapest-Budapest-5</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2008 12:36:22 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Budapest-travel-guide-994847">Budapest, Hungary</a>, Jan 09, 2008</p>
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Today in Budapest we had the opportunity to attend the official press conference and meet with the event organisers. It was really good to ...</p>
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<title>First leg to Prague</title>
<link>http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/14317/First-leg-to-Prague-Prague-4</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2008 12:30:53 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Prague-travel-guide-276556">Prague, Czech Republic</a>, Jan 08, 2008</p>
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This is our first leg of our long drive down to Budapest ready for the start of the rally.&amp;nbsp; We will take the night ferry on the prevoius eveni...</p>
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<title>budapest bamako update and website.</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:03:23 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Stavanger-travel-guide-1136706">Stavanger, Norway</a>, Sep 24, 2007</p>
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Hi. This is just a quick update of our planning. 
We now have a website.&amp;nbsp; My brother put it together in a few days, for which i thank him ver...</p>
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<title>Our new jeep died on us!!</title>
<link>http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/14317/Our-new-jeep-died-on-us-Newcastle-2</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 23 Sep 2007 12:24:27 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Newcastle-travel-guide-1318521">Newcastle, England</a>, Sep 23, 2007</p>
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The adventure has begun and I hadn&apos;t even got the car from UK back to Norway.&amp;nbsp; I suppose this is a taste of things to come. 
I flew to Englan...</p>
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<title>Budapest - Bamako Great Africa Run</title>
<link>http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/14317/Budapest-Bamako-Great-Africa-Run-Weymouth-1</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2007 14:22:03 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Weymouth-travel-guide-1310559">Weymouth, England</a>, Sep 20, 2007</p>
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I cant believe I have just signed up for this!!!&amp;nbsp; This is an amazing race/touring event that runs from Budapest through Austria, Germany, Ital...</p>
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