DAY 40. THURS 15/03. Ayorou to Niamey. 197 kms. Total 9367 kms. Camping Touristique N13 32.076 E2 04.706Didn’t have far to go today. Back on the tar road again to Niamey. Just outside Ayorou is the 1st of many stops for Peage/Toll road (N14 43.591 E0 55.410). We paid 7000 CFA all the way through to Agadez. (Just keep your receipts to show at all the other “toll booths”) Arrived at Camping Touristique around lunch time, very hot again and slightl...

DAY 36. SUN 11/03. Douentza to Tombouctou. 216 kms. Total 8456 kms. Hotel Camping Tombouctou. N16 45.409 W3 00.240Up early and left camp 09h30 as we were told drive to Tombouctou takes 6 hours (only 200 + kms). This is route B3 in “Sahara Overland”. Corrugated earth road/track the whole way. 1st 120 kms were ok/do-able on the corrugations but murder on the landy as you have to go fast to keep on top of the corrugations and we were fully loaded with fu...