| June
2008 |
Dhows sailing in the
Lamu Archipelago next to the Somali border |
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Education is all essential
on the use of nets to safegaurd pregnant mothers
from malaria |
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Recent flooding washed
away many bridges and roads in Northern Mozambique |
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The Friday Mosque in
Shela on Lamu island |
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The friendship of people
we meet along the way is always humbling. Brad (right)
and Machine joined the expedition for the Tanzanian
leg in their short wheel based Landie |
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The magnificent Swahili
coast of Tanzania, it is as if we're home |
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Making our way through
northern Mozambique |
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The MV Kilambo, lopsided
and taking up water |
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Overloaded with bales
of life saving mosquito nets we make our way South
through the East African bush |
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Overloading the Landies
with bales of life saving mosquito nets |
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Through the narrow streets
of ancient Lamu |
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| May
2008 |
Some of
the expedition team outside Bristish built Port
Sudan Town Railway Station, the Nubian Desert Crossing
is over |
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Afar woman fetching
water in the Danakil, Eritrea, it is considered
the hottest place on Earth |
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Ahead of us lies the
vast Nubian Desert |
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Boiling up sweet tea
helps devoid dehidration |
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The crumbling ruins
of Ancient Ruins of Suakin on the Red Sea |
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His Excellency the President
of Djibouti meets the Expedition Team and messages
the Mandela Scroll |
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Hundreds and thousands
of spent shells outside Asmara in Eritrea |
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The Landies plow into
a soft dust bowl |
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Loading the Landies
onto the Container Ship, the Johanna Russ, to round
the dangerous Horn of Arica |
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We climb the 300 narrow
steps to the top of the 25 metres high tower of
the old Italian Style Cathedral that was built in
1923 |
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Ross Holgate at the
Tank Cemetry in Asmara where heaps and heaps of
war relics can be found |
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The Scroll of Peace
and Goodwill at Lac Asal, lowest point on the African
continent |
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The French Frigate that
rescued the hostages from the claws of the Pirates
on the Horn of Africa |
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Searching for a way
forward |
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And then we find a
Gold Exploration Track through the mountains |
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Old Mohamed at Suakin
signing the Scroll of Peace and Goodwill |
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Bruce Leslie sampling
khat in Djibouti |
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| February
2008 |
Cabin Fever Bound for
Algeria |
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Gill Holgate purchases
writing materials for the Saharawi children of the
Refugee Camps |
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It's a place where temperatures
reach a scorching 135ºF in summer |
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This way for Fish &
Chips and a Cold Pint! |
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With recent bombings
in Algeria we can not travel anywhere without an
armed convoy |
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Volubilis is one of
Morocco's finest examples of an old Roman city |
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The three expedition
Land Rover climb to a vantage point above the old
walled city |
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Holding the decorated
calabash, filled with cold Cape of Good Hope seawater
aloft at Cap Spartel, the most North Westerly point |
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Mashozi and Kingsley
watching a snake charmer and his black cobra |
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Ross Holgate filming
the city of Tangier at the mouth of the Mediterranean. |
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Sitting on the judges
seat in the Medina, Tangier, where public lashings
used to take place |
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The Africa Outside Edge
expedition team makes it to the most North Westerly
point of the continent after having departed from
the most South Westerly |
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In the ruins of the
2000 year Old Roman City of Volubilis |
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An Ancient
Roman column makes a great nesting platform for
a visiting European Stork |
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The Greybeard looks
out over the Medieval Laberinth of Alleyways, mosques
and markets that make up Ancient Fez |
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Mohammed the potter
turns out over 400 clay plates a day |
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Soaking the skins in
urine to make them soft, it's back-breaking work
over the stone pits and it hasn't changed much in
a thousand years |
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Annelie Muller having
a drink from a colourful traditional water seller
on the streets of Rabat |
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Khalid of Nazareth signs
the Mandela Scroll at the ancient Roman city of
Volubilis |
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Gaurds on horseback
man the entrance to the Royal Tombs |
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| September
2007 |
An exchanging of flags
ceremony |
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Ashante horn blowers
welcome us to the palace |
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Elmina is a riot of
colourful fishing boats and we use one to explore
the coast |
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Once thousands of slaves
were exported from here. Now it's life saving PermaNet®s
for mums and children |
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Our protection fetish
stuck onto the Land Rover dashboard and having its
anual smoke - I hope it works. |
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In the voodoo fetish
markets of Togo and Benin dried chameleon is used
in a prosperity potion for good luck in business. |
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It's a crazy Venice
of Africa. |
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His Majesty the King
of Badagry endorses the expedition Scroll of Peace
and Goodwill and makes us honorary pilgrims of the
city. |
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The long lasting Permanets
are WHO approved. |
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In the lake village
of Ganvie even the market stalls are dugout canoes. |
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Papa King rubbing shoulders
with the King of Lagos. |
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A child's life can be
saved by a single PermaNet® |
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Armed
Nigerian police ensure our safety |
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Here in Cameroun rainfall
is measured in metres |
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Once experienced you
will never forget the chaos of Lagos |
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Outside the kings palaca
we distribute nets to mums with babies. |
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The black volcanic beaches
of Limber, Cameroun where we visit the fish market |
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There's no doubting
that the mums appreciate the life saving nets. |
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We distribute over a
thousand PermaNet®s to the mums and babies of
the ancient city of Calabar. |
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The wonderful island
of Principe |
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It takes hours just
to do 20km on the main road to Nigeria. We pay toll
to use the new detour. |
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Right to Sight improves
her life |
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Stop Malaria is the
message to Cameroun school children |
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Teaching on the Edge
learning materials to Cameroun children |
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