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June 2006: We trialled our equipment in the
Lake District
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The Penthouse
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Kitchen cubicle
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Sunshade/umbrella
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Our living room
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En suite shower
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'ere 'tis
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Fitted kitchen
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Tardis
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Lion-proof bedroom
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August 2006: A day spent with
fellow 'Overlanders' on Salisbury Plain.
FRANCE
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Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
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Camping at Les Rosieres - Chamonix
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Misty view from our tent
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First conqueror of Mont Blanc (The one on the left)
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Chamonix from Cable Car
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Typical view on top of Mont Blanc
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Delighted woman after landing snowball on photographer
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Walking around lower slopes of Mont Blanc
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Rare View of Chamois on slopes of Mont Blanc
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Looking down on our campsite
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ITALY
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This African trip is a doddle
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First view of Africa
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TUNISIA
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Cap Serrat, beach camping: Carol burning the water .... |
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Lotfi, self appointed rent collector, bringing a pine cone as a gift! |
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We shared the beach with some friendly goats |
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Bella Regia: hexagonal windows in Roman underground dwelling |
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View of Roman theatre, Bella Regia |
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Camping under the watchful eye of the law, near Dougga |
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Early morning view of the market from our tent - Dougga |
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A common sight in northern Tunisia |
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Rock carving of Tunisian poet on Belvedere Rock, Tozeur |
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African sunset, Tozeur |
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Small oasis, Tozeur |
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Carol seeking shade, while unaware of scorpions seeking toes! (Ksar Ghilane) |
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Camels playing hide and seek ... |
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Picture of collapsed leaf spring before replacement |
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Early morning view from tent, on Jerba |
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LIBYA
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Roman theatre, Sabratha
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Qasr Al-Haj
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Nalut,just before sunset
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Street in Old City, Ghadames
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House interior, Ghadames
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View from inside Carol's cage (back of 'The Beast')!
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Mint tea being served in Bedouin tent
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I think I dropped them about here ...
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Beware of camels crossing road
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Qasr Kabaw
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View down into troglodyte house
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Interior of trogladyte house
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Serving Break Fast meal at Salim's home
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Entance to Leptis Magna
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Forum at Leptis Magna
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Communal toilets at Leptis Magna
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Byzantine Mosaic at Qasr Libya
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Gymnasium at Cyrene
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Odd couple on a bench at Cyrene
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The port at Apollonia
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EGYPT
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Now where's that man with my passport?
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They're bigger at Lego Land
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Or - Maybe Not!
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Pyramids from our camp site in Cairo
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Our good friends Mark and Christine from Austria
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Ras Mohammed National Park
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The camp-site shower at Ras Mohammed
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Walking home after a swim
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St. Catherine's Monastery - Mount Sinai
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Camel path up Mount Sinai
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The view that Moses had
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It's a hard life!
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Boules on the beach at Basata
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Bedouin evening
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Road through Black Desert
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Just let me finish this chapter
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Bedouin Village Camp
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Man towing two camels
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Playing games in the sand
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Our Bedouin friends Ali and Hamid
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SUDAN
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The ferry from Aswan to Wadi Halfa - and they said there would be no cargo ...
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'The Beast' being loaded onto the barge
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Our first class cabin
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Entrance to the Nile Hotel, Wadi Halfa
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Carol with room-mates, Nina and Claudia
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The gang, taking a break at Derek's Restaurant, Wadi Halfa
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The Nile Hotel complex
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Nina, Ian and Clive, setting off at dawn
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Traveling along the Nile
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The three Landcruisers, taking a break, as we crossed the desert
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We camped beside the Nile - no crocodiles!
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Werner, our expert at the campfire
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Loek telling David where to go!
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An example of a minaret made from oil drums
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Children on ancient Egyptian statue at Third Cataract
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Driving on to the Dongola Ferry, and losing our rear mud-flap
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A tight squeeze!
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A Dongola taxi cab
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Entertainment at the border
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Goodbye Sudan!
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ETHIOPIA
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Ethiopia, a green and pleasant land
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Our friend Habtamu invited us to his home
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Habtamu's mother grinding coffee
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Loek, Werner, Ian and Claudia
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Saying goodbye to Loek and his 'Donkey'
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Our friend and guide, 'Teddy'
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The Simian Mountains
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David with Fanta, our scout
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Walking in the Simian Mountains
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A view in the Simian Mountains
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David taking a bath, in the Simian Mountains
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Cattle blocking the road, a common sight
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On the road to Aksum
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The Stella at Aksum
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The roof of St George's Church, Lalibela
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St George's Church, Lalibela
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Inside St George's Church, Lalibela
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With John, who was cycling round Ethiopia
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Carol's Birthday Cake
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Loek and Mulata
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Ostrich around our campsite
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Flamingoes on lake Abiata
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A village in the Bale Mountains
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Threshing corn in the Bale Mountains
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The source of the Hot Springs, Wondo Genet
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KENYA
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One very ill and worried hostage watching road side repairs
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Captors (or 'armed guards' - as they preferred to be called)
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Stef and Renee from South Africa
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Our welcome at Nkunga Village (Carol seems to be enjoying it)
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David with Rosemary, Bill and Martin sharing a bottle of wine at Jungle Junction, Nairobi
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Our 'Island' location at Jungle Junction
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Claude and Alain, fellow overlanders from France
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Martin, from Austria en route to Tiwi Beach
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Spot the Monkey (at Tiwi Beach)
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Tiwi Beach
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Christine and her chameleon
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