Week of sand and souls from the pail - part 2

NOT the Paris-Dakar, but also EXTREME (continued, p.2) Desert landscape in Chad was littered with abandoned military vehicles and tanks that resembled a relatively recent hostilities. There were also bullet-riddled building. But some villages in which we stayed were quite nice. During these stops, children usually first looked at us warily before dared to come closer, to touch and explore us at close range. Fascinating creatures. And we unexpectedly got into a traffic jam! Middle of the desert had accumulated approximately 20 trucks and buses that tried to cross the land with deep sand, using for these purposes the grass and stones. As soon as another car passed a rough patch, "man-made coverage" had to restore and tinker with rocks and branches under the wheels. Our friend Paul enjoyed demonstrating their newly acquired driving skills, masterly traveled all! The most effective way to travel through the desert we arrived in N'Djamena on April 3. Forces, we have almost no choice. We pitched a tent in a pretty and quiet garden of one of the restaurants, although the city we have not really liked. People here are either very friendly or quite the opposite. Some do not even look in your direction and do not respond to questions if you appeal to them schA help. Along with Mauritania, while that Chad can be called a most unfriendly country in Africa. Our friend John is frustrated hours straight with his hands. This, of course, could happen anywhere, but this incident only reinforced our negative impression of the city. Dwelling nomads now we're trying to get a Sudanese visa. We already know that this process could take up to three weeks depending on nationality. We have already met the Europeans who had come home from the border, because they were denied a visa. In Lome (the capital of Togo, approx. Perevi.) We met with one guy, his brother lives in Chad. We had hoped that he would be able to help. However, the result of his conversation with the staff of the consular section were only disappointing news. He said he could help us with visas for security reasons. The level of banditry on the border has increased significantly in recent years, and therefore move on the roads now unsafe. We hope that we will be able to persuade him, because we have nowhere else to go. All the neighboring countries in one way or another are not safe. We could go back to Ghana and in some way to smuggle a car to the south, but this is extreme measures. Such developments could seriously disrupt our plans. In any case, while we are preparing for the raid but complex to Khartoum, in Sudan. The trip will not be easy, and all sorts of criminals it only complicate! Still vpreredi! One of our companions went to the Tin Cameroon, where he had some time to work. This is exactly what he wanted. Thank God, another one of our friend Sophie went along with it. All remaining sighed with relief, because I had just a few days before their departure. Hopefully, from now on everything will be much better! The next time a connection has already come out of Khartoum. I'd like to believe it. Good luck! Start material: