Sahara 2022 — the warm-up
Twelve days in the Sahara,
a year before Peking to Paris.
The Sahara Challenge: twelve days driving the desert from Spain into Morocco. A warm-up before taking on the Peking to Paris Motor Challenge itself.
Day by day
- DAY1
Sahara Challenge, day 1-1 — Spain and Morocco: here we go - DAY1
Sahara Challenge, day 1-2 — crossing the border on board, Spain to Morocco - DAY2
Sahara Challenge, day 2 — crossing the border on board, Spain to Morocco (with video) - DAY3
Sahara Challenge, day 3 — out of nowhere, the most beautiful rainbow (with video) - DAY4
Sahara Challenge, day 4-1 — towns, mountains, desert - DAY4
Sahara Challenge, day 4-2 — abducted in the middle of a world rally? - DAY5
Sahara Challenge, day 5 — a day right across the Sahara - DAY6
Sahara Challenge, day 6 — is craftsmanship the same everywhere? - DAY7
Sahara Challenge, day 7 — a wooden wheel destroyed. Can it come back? - DAY8
Sahara Challenge, day 8 — the decision to retire closes in - DAY9
Sahara Challenge, day 9 — I retired - DAY10
Sahara Challenge, day 10 — retiring is no reason to sink; keep going - DAY11
Sahara Challenge, day 11 — past the limit, still heading for the finish (with video) - DAY12
Sahara Challenge, day 12 — the finish without a car: on seeing a thing through, and a finale that moved me
Before the start
Travel to Spain, costs, preparation — the pieces without a day number.
- Peking–Paris warm-up, part 2: on to the Sahara Challenge
- Twelve days in Spain and Morocco: what the Sahara Challenge is
- Warm-up two: the twelve-day Sahara Challenge — costs and currency
- To the Sahara Challenge — 22 hours of travel to Spain, part 1
- The Sahara Challenge — another strange journey already? Part 2 (with video)
- The Sahara Challenge — exploring Málaga, Spain, part 3
- The Sahara Challenge — eating something remarkable in Málaga, part 4