The Route!

Ok, so this is the route. We start from Athens, ferry to Venice, Italy, from there ride to Sete, France and ferry to Morocco. From Morocco we ride along the east side of the Atlas mountains heading south to Western Sahara. We cross Western Sahara along the Atlantic coast and enter Mauritania. From there we head east deep into the Sahara desert and the region of Adrar. This leg will follow a rail track which runs among sand dunes. From the city of Atar we head south on a really long and remote desert piste that will eventually get us to the Malian border. We enter Mali and head east towards the legendary caravan town of Timbuktu. From Timbuktu we follow the Niger river west southwest, through the Dogon country to the capital of Mali, Bamako. With some luck and our fingers crossed we load the bikes and ourselves on some cargo plane and head back to Europe, most likely France. From there it is just a short hop back to Greece... An estimated 9,000 kilometers that is!