18 February 2011 Total Distance: 22618 Distance covered today: 345 km Start: Hotel, Tripoli, Libya Finish: Hotel Marhala, Matmata, Tunisia Yesterday afternoon after emails were done, we walked again from our hotel to the medina where we enjoyed coffee, fresh strawberry juice and a lovely light chocolate cake. On the way there we walked again through Martyr's Square as there is no other way and people are gathering not by the hundreds but by the thousan...

19 February 2011 Just another quick update: We are just north of Tunis. Tonight is our last night in Africa and the African journey is at an end. Tomorrow we will quickly drive further north to the northernmost point of the African continent before driving 100km south to Tunis. We are catching the ferry at 4pm tomorrow to Genoa in Italy and we are hoping to change our flights in order to fly out on the 28th of February. Europe is not cheap and our goal has been ...

Just a quick note from and internet cafe. We are in Tunisia and heading for Tunis where we catch the ferry tomorrow to Italy. All good and no troubles here.

17 February 2011 Staying in Tripoli Yesterday afternoon we went straight away to the Tunisian Embassy to check whether we can get a visa in order to get to Tunis in order to catch a ferry to Italy. We have been told by some officials that we can get one at the border but after the experience with Syria and Egypt, we do not trust the system anymore. The Tunisians told us with a smirk on their faces that it will take 2 weeks to get a visa Insh'Allah (God wi...

10 February 2011 Total Distance: 19835 Distance covered today:669km Start: Nuweiba Finish: Pyramids, Cairo, Egypt Yesterday evening, as per last experience, the Jordanian side was very efficient. They even have a massive vehicle scanner which means no unpacking and manually placing every bag through x-rays like on the Egyptian side. Once we were on the boat we are told 'sorry, you must get off the boat because you have no Egyptian visa'. At this stage my...