Disclaimer: Mali like the rest of the Islamic world has now become a dangerous place to visit so the following information in this blog about the Festival is now outdated. I am leaving it posted on the net to show how it was once a safe place to visit. 6/12/07 Hi everybody Well...
Timbuktu & The Festival Au Desert 2007
15/1/07 Bonjour to all you mighty Tuaregs and smelly Toerags Well, we are now back in Sevare in central Mali after arriving from a week in Timbuktu which included the 3 day music Festival au Desert in Essakane… And all we can say is that getting to Timbuktu was easy, but...
HOLY POO!!! We Are In TIMBUKTU!!!!
10/1/07 Bonjour Tout Le Monde Hey Holy Crap!!! We thought that if we were sitting at home in an office, then it would be really cool to get an email from Timbuktu!!!! ….So here it is WE ARE IN FRIGGIN TIMBUKTU!!!!!!! This is only a short email since the internet is...
The Bamako Whacko With A Big Knife In Mali
9/1/07 Bonjour and I ni sogoma to all you funky cats and grande femmes d’Afrique Well, we are currently in a dusty little town called Sevare in the middle of Mali, and after 5 days here Mali is DEFINITELY living up to its reputation as a hard travel destination. So far we...
I Bless The Rains Down In AFRICA, But Not Ireland!
1/1/07 Bonjour Mes Amis and a snappy new rear to all Well, we are currently at Casablanca airport in Morocco en route to Mali and today is one of those days where we will have had breakfast in Dublin, lunch in Paris, dinner in Casablanca, and a nightcap in Bamako, Mali… which may...
…There Won’t Be Snow In Africa This Christmas Time… But There Could Be Aliens And Terrorists!!!
25/12/06 Our photos from when we went down to South Park? http://www.sp-studio.de/ Hey there to all you funky monkeys and secret squirrels and a big Nollaig Shona Dhuit which is Merry Christmas in Irish. Well, it is currently a freezing cold Christmas eve in County Kerry, Ireland and today we did the traditional Irish...
Funky Old Medina In Tunisia
9/2/06 Greetings Friends, Romans and Other Furry Jedi Well, we are currently in London visiting Avril’s COOL cousin Felicity and hubbie Paul and they’ve put us up in Richmond Hill, the swankiest neighbourhood in London just a few doors down from Mick Jagger’s house which is TOTALLY WIERD since last week we were...
Star Wars: The Sahara Strikes Back
2/2/06 A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… Jedi masters Ced and Avril stepped out of a Tunisian Police station and breathed a big sigh of relief after hearing the words that all backpackers MOST want to hear in a foreign Police station… “…OK… You are free to go…” Well...
SCARABS in our SPHINX-ters
4/12/98 Salaam alekum you camel spitting infidels Well, dudes and dudettes, we’ve been travelling in Egypt the last few weeks, and what can say, except Egypt is totally amazing!!!! Now that we’ve seen rest of the world’s archaeology, we can safely say that being in Egypt is just way too cool for...