Trans Africa Route (by truck) on Google Maps

Journey through Sudan from Chad via Darfur in 2003

We entered Sudan on the Chad border aware of BBC reports that the whole area and border post itself had been taken by rebels. When we arrived at the border no-one knew anything about it. We spent the bext 10 days trying to get to Khartoum through the desert - following the train tracks as much as we could. Garon got bitten by a rather nasty snake and at one point we even met the Janjaweed gathering in a village...we had no idea who they were and were quite excited to see loads of men on horses.


Sudan from Simon Taylor on Vimeo.

The video is about 20 minutes long.

Cameroon Wedding

In Cameroon in 2003, we were trekking in the Mandara mountains up near the Chad and Nigerian borders and ended up being invited to a wedding. What an experience it was....


Cameroon Wedding from Simon Taylor on Vimeo.

The Puppet

In 2003, we were driving through Ghana in the middle of a fuel shortage. The price was due to rise at the weekend and no-one wanted to sell us fuel until the price went up. We ended up getting nearly 200litres from a road-side fuel station where the fuel was delivered in buckets. We were surrounded by children and families staring at the strange foreigners. Keep watching carefully.


The Puppet from Simon Taylor on Vimeo.

Copy Cat Kids

In 2002 we travelled from the UK to Nairobi overland through West Africa. We had with us a Canon XM1 and managed to film all over West Africa - only getting arrested once. The best place to film was amazingly Sudan - you just get a permit from the authorities and film anywhere you want.


Copy Cat Kids from Simon Taylor on Vimeo.

This is a clip from the Dogon region of Mali, a very strange escarpment with people living as they did 900 years ago. In the village in the clip, the children obviously learn by repetition - they don't speak French or English but it doesn't stop them copying us.