Made it home! Dakar, Madrid, Dallas. Uneventful flights, all on time. So good to be back with Pam.
After being away for a while, the contrast felt more impactful when arriving back to the developed world ... cleaner, more orderly, less chaotic, brighter colors, more advertising, people working with greater intensity and focus ... happy to be back. For a final post, here are some interesting numbers:
Trip Statistics:
- Total kms covered: 5,500
- Total kms off-road: 200
- Longest distance w/o out gas stations: 400km (Mauritania)
- Number of speeding tickets: 1 (Western Sahara)
- Highest temperature: 98 F (Gambia-Senegal Border)
- Lowest temperature: 30 F (Atlas Mountains Morocco)
- Flat tires: 0.5 (my rear needed air every day)
- Mechanical issues: 0
- Stomach issues: 1 (Chris - near Chinguetti)
- Number of Slow Falls: 1 (ice - Chris), 1 (sand - Rene)
- Fastest border crossing: 30 minutes (Gambia to Senegal)
- Slowest border crossing: 4 hours (Western Sahara to Mauritania)
- Ferrys taken: 3 (Gibraltar, Gambia (2))
- African countries visited: 5
- Morocco
- Western Sahara
- Mauritania
- Senegal
- The Gambia
- Currencies used: 4
- Dirham (Morocco)
- Ouguiya (Mauritania)
- West African Franc (Senegal)
- Dalasi (The Gambia)
- Official Languages:
- Arabic: Morocco, Mauritania
- French: Morocco, Mauritania, Senegal
- English: The Gambia
- Wolof: Senegal, The Gambia
- Mandinka: The Gambia
- GDP per capita:
- Morocco: $4,500
- Mauritania: $2,500
- Senegal: $1,700
- The Gambia: $1,200
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