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Saturday 7^th of March

There was a real traffic jam by the technical assistance trucks..

For example the VW Touareg from Patrick Lamoral and Olivier Joski had some crash damage after a jump,

just like the Wrangler jeep from Yves and Freddy Den Doelder; but at the end they were all repaired.

On Saturday it was all about navigation.

We made a beautiful track around the stunning rocks from the Akakus region.

With its beautiful canyons and wadi's it belongs to the UNESCO world heritage.

The team from Patrick Van der wilt and Rik Missorten [315, Belgium]

and the team from Olivier Joski and Patrick Lamoral [316, Belgium]

were from the cars that had spent the night in the dunes.

They saw two white landcruisers, thought they were from the organisation and followed them.

After about 30 km, the white cars stopped and then they realised the white jeeps were from locals

who told them they were heading towards Algeria. So they had to go all the way back.

It was difficult to find the track from the road book again and it was getting dark,

so they decided it was the moment to stop and spend the night in the dunes.

Next day they called with their satellite phone to receive the coordinates to bring them back on track,

but there were more dunes than they thought. On top of that they were running out of fuel.

Luckily they reached an oil field where they found fresh and free fuel.

They also got to know the Libyan hospitality: the workers gave them water, food,

a shower and they even wanted them to stay there over night. But our men wanted to head to the camp,

so the oil-workers escorted them to the tarmac where people from the organisation were

waiting and so they al went back to the camp together. Home sweet home.

Isabel (vrouw van Olivier) heeft daarstraks contact gehad met hen en alles is ok, toch hebben ook zij deze nacht moeten doorbrengen in de woestijn omdat ze vast zaten.Maar ze stellen het heel goed.