Rounding the World by Motorcycle

Road Notes … Days 12&13

St. Louis, Senegal

Am behind here so am just going to write up some notes to jog memories in the future…

— St. Louis, very attractive old settlement, the first French outpost in West Africa

Road Notes: 10/ 136

Just about to leave Dakar… Heading to St. Louis, Senegal and beyond / Day 10 West Africa, Day 136

It’s all falling into place for a smooth departure tomorrow. Hope to be on the bike and rolling out of…

Road notes: Day 9 West Africa/ Day 135 Africa Crossing

Motorcycle repaired! Jerrycan procured, fixer for border crossing arranged, and jettisoning of stuff to make room for fuel and water

Road notes: Day “8” West Africa/ Day “134” Africa Crossing

Back to Dakar, Back on the Road Again after a 17-day hiatus

It was meant to be a quick 5 day round trip to Paris to pick up the replacement disk clutch. The…

Road notes: Days 6&7 West Africa/ Days 132&133 Africa Crossing

Dakar / 0 miles

Monday morning brought the unwelcome news that my disk clutch will need to be replaced. Marmadue (sounds like Marmaduke without the K), the kind owner of Mad Bikes…

Road notes: Day 5 West Africa/ Day 131 Africa crossing

Dakar/ 0 miles

Sunday, woke up feeling way off emotionally. The news from yesterday finally sunk in. Even my morning Mojo, my coffee, failed to give me the usual positive jolt.

Road notes: Day 4 West Africa/ Day 130 Africa crossing

Dakar/ 0 miles

Strange intense dreams. Sometimes I’m much younger in these dreams. Sometimes my age. Often they’ll revolve around material security and the lack of it. Or efforts to pass a college…

Road notes: Day 3 West Africa, Day 129 Africa crossing

Dakar/ 0 miles

Magnifique! I arrived at the airport and my 2 fixers had done all the work. The carnet de passage (a document used to import motorcycles temporarily into countries one’s visiting) was…

Road notes: Day 2, West Africa / Day 128, Africa crossing

Dakar / 0 miles

Woke up to a lavish breakfast spread put on by the surprisingly (as it doesn’t look like much from the outside) hip and excellent Hotel Internationale. An awful location as you…