Desert end

Wind has never given us a rest! For 5 days, I ride with Bruno from Nancy, who is riding across Africa from South to North. We can thus reunite our efforts with 2-km relays to battle this terrible wind, almost always front wind. This morning, it was even stronger and it becomes really impossible to ride, we took a bus to complete the last 60 kms before reaching Guelmin, which is the last city before the end of the desert! What a relief to see finally some trees and greenery after one month of sand! However a wonderful experience to ride these 2200km from Dakar without catering sometimes during days with some nights in the desert! There are some telecommunications pylons everywhere; do camels use also mobile phones? We meet lots of camping cars which go further South but do not rely too much on them to give you some food or drinks, such isolated people sometimes. "Hey, honey, Mister is traveling around the world with his bike, it deserves a picture! » I heard recently from a car which was driven (too much time) nearby me. “– “I do not want you to take a picture of me!” – “but why mister? it would be a nice souvenir!” – “I do not deserve to be part of your photo album”. I regret now this stupid answer, I was at that moment in such a bad mood. Yesterday, we met an Australian girl cycling further South with an average speed of 36km/h, since she is pushed by the wind. What a difference with us!