{"id":9931,"date":"2025-07-05T13:57:23","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T13:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/?p=9931"},"modified":"2025-07-05T13:57:23","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T13:57:23","slug":"transafrica-1975-crossing-the-sahara-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/?p=9931","title":{"rendered":"TransAfrica 1975: Crossing the Sahara \u2013 Part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This final leg of the crossing of the Sahara takes us through Niger. I would dread to think what this track would be like in the wet season:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ploughing through the dust in the Land Rover: 20th April 1975<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Me and the Asbine mountains: 20th April 1975<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Agadez Market: 22nd April 1975<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
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The Mosque at Agadez: 22nd April 1975<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n
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Other travellers by the roadside (Photo SC): 22nd April 1975<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This next group of photos take a little explaining – we were near to Abalak. We were looking for a water source as the radiator in the Transit was leaking a bit. We saw a group of people and some goats so we stopped to investigate. What had happened was they had a well but the water was some 30ft down with no way of reaching it. Two men were desperately trying to dig a new well (in the blazing heat).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So we gave them a plastic bucket and a length of rope and they started hauling water up from the well. First the people drunk the water, then they gave it to the livestock. Part way through this the bucket came of the handle. Before we could stop them they tied a rope around a small boy and lowered him down the well to retrieve the bucket. He enjoyed splashing around in the water at the bottom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Helping the locals get water from a well using our bucket: 23rd April 1975<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
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The two men who were trying to dig a new well: 23rd April 1975<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n
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The boy coming out of the well after retrieving bucket: 23rd April 1975<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Pulling water out of the well: 23rd April 1975<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

While we were there two Tuareg travellers met up:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Two Tuareg people meeting: 23rd April 1975<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Tuareg traveller after mounting his camel: 23rd April 1975<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We also collected some of the water for the Transit radiator leak. This sealed it permanently – no more leaks for the trip!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And yes, we left them with the bucket and rope.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This final leg of the crossing of the Sahara takes us through Niger. I would dread to think what this track would be like in the wet season: This next group of photos take a little explaining – we were near to Abalak. We were looking for a water source as the radiator in the … Continue reading “TransAfrica 1975: Crossing the Sahara \u2013 Part 3”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[148,3,146,147],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-landrover","category-photography","category-trans-africa-1975","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9931"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9956,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9931\/revisions\/9956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}