It couldn't always be easy.

It looks easy but this was taken a moment before the front wheel fell off the ramp.

We like the 'action' of the guy on the boat.

Near Djenne, Mali.

The heavy bike in deep sand was very difficult to control.

Sometimes, we didn't manage it.

On road to Douentza, Mali.

With other people around, it could be put back on its wheels quickly.

It took us 40 minutes if we were on our own

Sometimes it didn't fall over; it just sank.
Lots of digging, lifting and heaving was needed to get moving again.
On piste to Timbuktu.

The third time the bike had fallen in 2 km.

The smile is very forced!
Still on way to Timbuktu.

Niger river, Mali.

The Pinasse carrying An Capall hit a sandbank and started to take on water. The men started to nail patches inside and outside the hull while water was baled out. It was strange to be standing in the middle of a mile-wide river.

Overturned truck blocking the road near Banfora, Burkina Faso