0.01 Qualifying
0.02 Scrutineering
0.03 Spec Check
0.04 Power Options
0.05 Body Checks
0.06 Checker Check
0.07 Scrutiny Fin
0.08 Salt Flats Trials
0.09 25 Hour race prep
0.10 Marshalling
0.11 25hr Race Start
0.12 Overview
0.13 Darkness
0.14 Mid-Race
0.15 25hrs end
0.16 London
0.17 Routing
Marrakech Express
1.0 Normandy
2.0 Evreux
2.1 Bye Bayeux
2.2 Lunch stop
2.3 2 Wheel Test
2.4 Paris
3.0 Lyon
4.0 MonteCarlo
4.1 MonteCarlo Results
5.0 Monarco
6.0 Marseille
7.0 Barcelona
8.0 Algeciras
9.0 Marrakech
9.1 Xmas
10 Igli
 Results
Sahara Storms
11 Timimoun
12 El Homr
13.1 El Golea
13.2 Ghardaia
13.3 Ouargla
13.4 Hassi Messaoud
13.5 El Borma
13.5 Yafran
14 Tripoli
15 Ajdabiya
16 Alexandria
Results
Nile & Rift Valley
17 Sohag
18 Wadi Halfa
19 Atbara
20 Rabak
21 Juba 
22 Kampala
23 Nairobi
Results
African Safari
24 Ngorogoro Crater
25 Kilimanjaro
26 Eyes for East Africa
27 Mafinga
28 Lilongwe
29 Lusaka
Results
Falls to the Ocean
30 Livingstone
31 Francis Town
32 Gabarone
33 Vryburg
34 Kimberley
35 Beaufort West
36 Cape Town
Results
Final Results


 

El Golea - Ghardaia (225km)

(Stage 13.2) a

Algeria - driving from El Golea to Ghardaia arriving on 3rd January 2003


Rallye mail

Friday 3rd January. Off once more after a delay while all vehicles were cleaned of sand and dust and again, like a mechanical camel train we made slow determined progress and travelled north a slightly greater distance to Ghardaia.

The camel is called the ship of the desert and the sea and desert have uncanny similarities - both can be stunningly beautiful and astoundingly cruel. After several days driving we were still in Algeria and Tripoli seemed a long way away. We have developed a considerable respect for the hardy folk who have found how to enjoy their lives in such harsh conditions.

 

 

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