Comments on: “What on earth are you doing out here?” http://www.listentoafrica.com/blog/what-on-earth-are-you-doing-out-here-12072009/ An audio adventure through Africa Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:11:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: christopher http://www.listentoafrica.com/blog/what-on-earth-are-you-doing-out-here-12072009/comment-page-1/#comment-351 christopher Sun, 26 Jul 2009 09:01:40 +0000 http://www.listentoafrica.com/?p=3017#comment-351 Not in Mauritania in the moment - but if you're staying at the Menata, say hello to Amadou and the gang for me. If you want to meet any musicians in particular, you can ask him, he can point you in the right direction....maybe talk to Mohammed, the Scottish camel herder (we're a strange group, Mauri expats)? Not in Mauritania in the moment – but if you’re staying at the Menata, say hello to Amadou and the gang for me. If you want to meet any musicians in particular, you can ask him, he can point you in the right direction….maybe talk to Mohammed, the Scottish camel herder (we’re a strange group, Mauri expats)?

]]> By: bex http://www.listentoafrica.com/blog/what-on-earth-are-you-doing-out-here-12072009/comment-page-1/#comment-337 bex Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:39:50 +0000 http://www.listentoafrica.com/?p=3017#comment-337 Ooh, lots of lovely comments! Full update coming soon but the short version is: we did just get the three days at the border so spent yesterday in a car heading south, today extending the visas and tomorrow heading back north to our bikes. But we have full visas now and lots that we want to sound record here, so all is good. Christopher, your site looks wonderful - I haven't managed to listen to the field recordings yet (I'll bring headphones with me next time...) If you're back in Mauritania in the next couple of weeks it would be brilliant to meet up (we'll be coming back through Nouakchott in maybe 10 days' time. Ish.). Maria Helena, thank you for your lovely comment as always, and for being so enthusiastic - it keeps us focused on how lucky we are to be experiencing all this. Jeremy - yes, he was called Rainer :-) By the way, I love your style - I'm never going to worry about how slowly we're travelling again! Looking forward to meeting up with you - and Bill - in Cameroon if you're still there. Mum, come to Africa - the internet access is much better here! Lots of love to the Grays. (The snakes not so much - but then I haven't seen any live ones yet...) Peter, Roy and Erik, hope all your various plans for your next adventures are going well - will be following them all! Daf - thank you! (And I'll pass it on to Huw - he took all the photos in this blog.) xx Ooh, lots of lovely comments! Full update coming soon but the short version is: we did just get the three days at the border so spent yesterday in a car heading south, today extending the visas and tomorrow heading back north to our bikes. But we have full visas now and lots that we want to sound record here, so all is good.

Christopher, your site looks wonderful – I haven’t managed to listen to the field recordings yet (I’ll bring headphones with me next time…) If you’re back in Mauritania in the next couple of weeks it would be brilliant to meet up (we’ll be coming back through Nouakchott in maybe 10 days’ time. Ish.).

Maria Helena, thank you for your lovely comment as always, and for being so enthusiastic – it keeps us focused on how lucky we are to be experiencing all this.

Jeremy – yes, he was called Rainer :-) By the way, I love your style – I’m never going to worry about how slowly we’re travelling again! Looking forward to meeting up with you – and Bill – in Cameroon if you’re still there.

Mum, come to Africa – the internet access is much better here! Lots of love to the Grays. (The snakes not so much – but then I haven’t seen any live ones yet…)

Peter, Roy and Erik, hope all your various plans for your next adventures are going well – will be following them all!

Daf – thank you! (And I’ll pass it on to Huw – he took all the photos in this blog.)

xx

]]> By: erik http://www.listentoafrica.com/blog/what-on-earth-are-you-doing-out-here-12072009/comment-page-1/#comment-332 erik Sun, 19 Jul 2009 12:37:44 +0000 http://www.listentoafrica.com/?p=3017#comment-332 hey guys!, just wanted to let you know that i've been following your adventure closely as it unfolds. i admire your progress, respect. smiles!, erik hey guys!, just wanted to let you know that i’ve been following your adventure closely as it unfolds. i admire your progress, respect. smiles!, erik

]]> By: daphne http://www.listentoafrica.com/blog/what-on-earth-are-you-doing-out-here-12072009/comment-page-1/#comment-326 daphne Fri, 17 Jul 2009 08:15:39 +0000 http://www.listentoafrica.com/?p=3017#comment-326 great update bex and i love the full moon and the sun shelter photos. xx great update bex and i love the full moon and the sun shelter photos.
xx

]]> By: Roy http://www.listentoafrica.com/blog/what-on-earth-are-you-doing-out-here-12072009/comment-page-1/#comment-321 Roy Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:10:33 +0000 http://www.listentoafrica.com/?p=3017#comment-321 good luck at the border...hope everything goes as smoothly as possible! good luck at the border…hope everything goes as smoothly as possible!

]]> By: Peter Gostelow http://www.listentoafrica.com/blog/what-on-earth-are-you-doing-out-here-12072009/comment-page-1/#comment-320 Peter Gostelow Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:41:57 +0000 http://www.listentoafrica.com/?p=3017#comment-320 Yes, good luck at the border. Tea, smiles and cigarettes might work - its a long way back to Rabat and they'd be cruel bastards not to let you through. Yes, good luck at the border. Tea, smiles and cigarettes might work – its a long way back to Rabat and they’d be cruel bastards not to let you through.

]]> By: Sue Sumner http://www.listentoafrica.com/blog/what-on-earth-are-you-doing-out-here-12072009/comment-page-1/#comment-319 Sue Sumner Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:42:21 +0000 http://www.listentoafrica.com/?p=3017#comment-319 Still no computer, but I managed to read this one at David's. Good luck at the border! Its so frustrating not being able to follow your trip, but one day I might be connected again! Do the snakes worry you? They worry your Mum Becca!! Grays are with me and send love. Lol Mum/Sue Still no computer, but I managed to read this one at David’s. Good luck at the border! Its so frustrating not being able to follow your trip, but one day I might be connected again! Do the snakes worry you? They worry your Mum Becca!! Grays are with me and send love.
Lol
Mum/Sue

]]> By: Jeremy Brown http://www.listentoafrica.com/blog/what-on-earth-are-you-doing-out-here-12072009/comment-page-1/#comment-318 Jeremy Brown Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:29:43 +0000 http://www.listentoafrica.com/?p=3017#comment-318 Was the German guy called Rainer by any chance? We met a similar sounding German guy called Rainer in Mauritania... he seemed quite mad after spending too long in the desert! Enjoying following you on the blog! See you in Cameroon! Was the German guy called Rainer by any chance? We met a similar sounding German guy called Rainer in Mauritania… he seemed quite mad after spending too long in the desert!

Enjoying following you on the blog! See you in Cameroon!

]]> By: maria helena http://www.listentoafrica.com/blog/what-on-earth-are-you-doing-out-here-12072009/comment-page-1/#comment-317 maria helena Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:21:39 +0000 http://www.listentoafrica.com/?p=3017#comment-317 Looking at the great pictures, I keep imagining moonlight and sunset at the Sahara, your sleeping over fossils, the taste of the meal being prepared by Huw, the different emotions you wake on people like the Dutch lady in the 4x4, the two policemen (each one with a different personality), the truck driver blowing up kisses in the middle of the desert... What an experience for you both. And for us, your readers. Good luck with your Mauritanian visas. Looking at the great pictures, I keep imagining moonlight and sunset at the Sahara, your sleeping over fossils, the taste of the meal being prepared by Huw, the different emotions you wake on people like the Dutch lady in the 4×4, the two policemen (each one with a different personality), the truck driver blowing up kisses in the middle of the desert… What an experience for you both. And for us, your readers.
Good luck with your Mauritanian visas.

]]> By: christopher http://www.listentoafrica.com/blog/what-on-earth-are-you-doing-out-here-12072009/comment-page-1/#comment-316 christopher Mon, 13 Jul 2009 09:03:49 +0000 http://www.listentoafrica.com/?p=3017#comment-316 greetings - congrads on your project. i'm up from africa for a month in frankfurt, but have been in the sahara (mauritania, mali, and a quick dip in fouta toro in senegal) for the past 8 months, collecting field recordings. http://www.sahelsounds.com. very fascinated by your project. good luck and will be following. greetings – congrads on your project. i’m up from africa for a month in frankfurt, but have been in the sahara (mauritania, mali, and a quick dip in fouta toro in senegal) for the past 8 months, collecting field recordings. http://www.sahelsounds.com. very fascinated by your project. good luck and will be following.

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