Last stretches of Guinea

The trip from Mamou to Labé was short for once and left us with nearly a full day to take in the place and try to find an internet café. Although we did find a few they either didn't have a working connection or pretended they had one as it wouldn't even open as much as Google for me ;-) We met a lovely Danish / Spanish couple who are currently living in Guinea-Bissau doing medical research. This is when Rory and I realised that we hadn't met any likeminded foreigners on their travels up until then. Strange, but somehow it makes the trip all the more special.
  Leaving Labé the next morning we were on our final stretch of Guinea and boy it's a tough trail along rough, dusty and laterite paths to get to Koundara near the Senegal border. We like it that way :)
  It's hard to believe heavy travelled routes like these to border posts are in the bad state they are. They were alright for us on the bikes. In fact, we absolutely loved the windy tracks going up and down mountains, through valleys and over plateaus. 
  Quite comical (if one forgets the safety aspect) were the many heavy laden bush taxis coming our way. These are basically clapped out old Renault Nevada's filled to the brim with people and goods, both inside and on the roof (!!). In some cases the odd one tried to overtake us. Maniacs!
  Since we had left the Forest Region and were now leaving the Fouta Djalon, it got a lot drier and more desertlike, with fewer trees. The heat, combined with the dust was nearly unbearable. We're already looking forward to the Sahara ;-) 
  A highlight for us was a river crossing by ferry, bar the fact of us getting ripped off with the fare. Bloody tourists, we never negotiated this before we got on the suspicious looking ferry. Well... lesson learned. It was great experience nevertheless.
  After 350 km of these conditions and having run out of water, we were dancing a jig once we hit paved roads again which was another ˜100 km to our final destination for the day, a hotel just outside of Koundara.

Trying to find shade where there is little to none

Who needs railing anyway?

Dirty minger :) 

Exhausted but happy after a long, hot day in the saddle

Comical... they couldn't stand the look of my dirty bike and started cleaning. It was difficult to explain to them that I preferred it dirty :)

Getting ready for the very last stretch of Guinea and the border crossing into Senegal

So long Guinea!