Tony is in the small Alpine city of Chamonix, France, on a very hot and sunny day on the longest day of the year, 21st June. He’s rocking to some live music in the main square of Chamonix. It is National Day of Music, and a national holiday in France. All across the countries live music events are occurring. Tony stumbled across this musical ensemble as he wandered around the town in the early evening.
Tony and Tatiana, his blind Greek partner, are riding the unique Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway on a cool, damp and breezy February day in North Devon, southwest England. This cliff railway, powered by water, is one of only three railways of this type left in the world. Whilst many have been converted to electric power, the Lyndon-Lynmouth cliff Railway still operates by using water power and gravity to move its two coaches between the villages.
Tony has just arrived in Freetown, capital of Sierra Leone, West Africa. He’s riding in the back of a Keke (Tuk-Tuk local taxi-like vehicle. It is early-mid morning on Thursday, 21st November. Tony’s leaving Kissai Port and being driven through lively Freetown to the neighbourhood of Aberdeen in the west part of the city. As you can see and heare, the ride is bumpy, colourful Kekes and motorbike taxis are honking their horns non-stop and many drivers and padestrians are talking and shoutting constantly in the local Crio language,
Tony is inside a large traditional Guinea-Bissau wooden boat, known as a Pirogue. He is beginning his 4-hour journey from Bissau’s busy port to Bubaque, the largest island of the Bijagos Archipelago, some 30 or so kilometres from the mainland. The boat’s loud, smelly engined can be heard and many local people are talking and shouting in the Creal language of Guinea-Bissau. Enjoy the sight and sound.
Tony is sitting on the edge of one side of a truck as it speeds away from the port on Bubaque,
Tony rode the famous Iron Ore Train, along with a group of like-minded adventurers in Mauritania, northwest Africa. Reputed to be the world’s longest train, at over two kilometres long. It runs from Zoerat in the east to Nouadhibou in the west, across the desert. This video highlights the roughness of the train and its journey. Tony and his companions sat and lay in an open waggan on top of the ore for 18 hours of rough fun and wild experiences!
