Day 18
Tue 17th
Mali
Chutes to Manantali
Today’s distance 146km
Sleeping camping
Car - as before
Punctures today 0
Again today’s tracks were described as technical and this was no understatement! This was however possibly the most enjoyable driving day for me as although people set off from camp in small groups we all stayed together almost the whole day and all helped one another through as the rocky accents were a real challenge for the cars (proper hardcore obstacles!) but is was a good laugh to watch each car tackle obstacle after obstacle! Nothing broke on the car today which is good. After the technical bit was some dirt road and the we had to cross a river, it as about 7-8pm by this time and getting a boat across is slow and costs so we had to take the bridge which happened to be a rail bridge! More train tracks! I’ve seen enough! These tracks were high which meant we scrapped the bottom of the car on the tracks the full length of the bridge! I think there must have been sparks flying from behind! No damage caused from this though!