A couple more pics to let you see what we were up to until we get the ride report done (the 35mm films are in and being put onto DVD so it may take some time to get it done
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Kids are kids everywhere...hamming it up for the camera
Another refuelling stop, somewhere on the road from Mori to Senegal on our way to the border I think.
Lots of sand and heat, but good riding
This place is paradise....The Zebrabar, St Loius, Senegal.
An island in the river, a trust bar (drink, tick in book then pay when you leave) , sand, beach, river trip to St Louis, and our first rest day of the trip.
And to celebrate getting there, a rather tired Advrider salute
A rather emotional moment as we actually arrived at the hospital....tired, dirty, stinking, but very very happy.
Anita Smith (the lady who runs the Bansang Hospital appeal and an amazing driven woman) joined us on the main steps.
A fairly typical ward....they do their best but it's not a nice place to be.
Mozzy nets hanging, and the smell from the open toilets next door permeating throught the place.
Jaq and Anita in the children's ward...a really nice ward in comparison to the others but still dire.
This is really quiet...in the rainy season they get up to 4 kids in a bed, each with an escort on the floor, then more out in the corridoors.
It was cool as well...less than 40 degrees but it gets much much hotter in the summer.
Some of the medical kit and drugs we brought.....being checked through by a customs twat
And some of the bike spares...we knew we'd have to make any donations sustainable so we brought some spare engines, wheels etc, and left enough money with Riders For Health to maintain and service the bikes for at least a year.
Chilling in the evening and making friends
Speggo and I went down to Bansang Police headquarters to fix their solar power generator and charging system...in a political environment it was essential and they loved it, the Police commisioner for the whole district was ecstatic at having a working lightbulb again:huh
Dennis (A qualified bike instructor) teaching Mariama to ride..she's a full leg amputee and had never ridden a bicycle let alone a motorbike, so he had a challenging time