{"id":1191,"date":"2016-09-21T22:58:48","date_gmt":"2016-09-21T21:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mckinstry.ca\/?p=1191"},"modified":"2018-10-09T12:09:13","modified_gmt":"2018-10-09T11:09:13","slug":"dakar-the-return-beyond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mckinstry.ca\/?p=1191","title":{"rendered":"Dakar: The Return &#038; Beyond"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A cunning and devious plan is slowly making itself known. Boiled down, it entails two gentlemen of dubious sanity riding two Harley Davidsons from Casablanca, Morocco, starting at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rickscafe.ma\/\">Rick&#8217;s Cafe<\/a>, of course, and finishing up 5400km later in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Plan is to start south sometime early next year after the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Harmattan\">harmattan<\/a> winds finish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mckinstry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Casa-Abij.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mckinstry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Casa-Abij.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1192\" width=\"289\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mckinstry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Casa-Abij.jpg 800w, https:\/\/mckinstry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Casa-Abij-300x253.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mckinstry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Casa-Abij-768x648.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 289px) 100vw, 289px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>The short Long Way Down<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This could be epic \u2026.. and a lot of planning is required, however recent sources indicate that the Dakar &#8211; Abidjan stretch is in reasonable condition with some stunning scenery for those that make it, such as the below on the Senegal-Mali border.<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmckinstry.ca%2F%3Fp%3D1191&amp;t=Dakar%3A%20The%20Return%20%26%20Beyond\" id=\"facebook_share_button_1191\" style=\"font-size:11px; line-height:13px; font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; text-decoration:none; display: -moz-inline-block; display:inline-block; padding:1px 20px 0 5px; margin: 5px 0; height:15px; border:1px solid #d8dfea; color: #3B5998; background: #fff url(http:\/\/b.static.ak.fbcdn.net\/images\/share\/facebook_share_icon.gif) no-repeat top right;\">Share<\/a>\n\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\t<!--\n\tvar button = document.getElementById('facebook_share_link_1191') || document.getElementById('facebook_share_icon_1191') || document.getElementById('facebook_share_both_1191') || document.getElementById('facebook_share_button_1191');\n\tif (button) {\n\t\tbutton.onclick = function(e) {\n\t\t\tvar url = this.href.replace(\/share\\.php\/, 'sharer.php');\n\t\t\twindow.open(url,'sharer','toolbar=0,status=0,width=626,height=436');\n\t\t\treturn false;\n\t\t}\n\t\n\t\tif (button.id === 'facebook_share_button_1191') {\n\t\t\tbutton.onmouseover = function(){\n\t\t\t\tthis.style.color='#fff';\n\t\t\t\tthis.style.borderColor = '#295582';\n\t\t\t\tthis.style.backgroundColor = '#3b5998';\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\tbutton.onmouseout = function(){\n\t\t\t\tthis.style.color = '#3b5998';\n\t\t\t\tthis.style.borderColor = '#d8dfea';\n\t\t\t\tthis.style.backgroundColor = '#fff';\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t}\n\t}\n\t-->\n\t<\/script>\n\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/mckinstry.ca\/?p=1191\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mckinstry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Casa-Abij-150x150.jpg\" class=\"alignleft tfe wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a><p>A cunning and devious plan is slowly making itself known. 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