Just Deserts (sorry)

So it's finally into the desert... Chinese was very nice last night and the rested team are about to set off. A few odds and ends to report now. I've been asked to thank some people the convoy encountered at the Sahara Regency Hotel in Dakhla: Freya and co. from fishing trip gurus regencyfishingadventure.com (website not quite up yet) who organised mechanics for 5 poorly vehicles in the convoy, found the restaurant for them and are all round general nice guys. Thanks people: I'll put a proper link on the website when yours is up and running. The guide for the convoy is called David (Arabic Da'ud or Dawud). Let's hope meetings with metaphorical Goliaths can be kept to a minimum for a change.

Time for another pic: this time, the scenic entrance to Nouamghar National Park courtesy of photosaroundtheworld.wordpress.com. I'm not sure if that wall's to keep things in or out... Cheers - Phil.

UPDATE: Absolutely positively the last communique before emerging from the desert in 2-4 days time: a puncture has been suffered and fixed between 0930 and 1030 - they had some trouble getting the wheel off - and the convoy has been swelled by the arrival of another group. There was also a scurrilous comment about Russell's food intake but I couldn't possibly repeat that.