the bike whisperer 

bike in service 

the repairshop 
Date: 10/23/2001
Title: the repair shop
Location: dakar, senegal
Text: km 50 086

robert, tim and i got up early in the morning and first went to the embassy of guinea in order to apply for our visas.

thomas had decided that his journey had more or less come to and end. fevery as he was he went to another clinic to have his blood tested.

in the afternoon we finally found a repairshop for our bikes. seriously, i wouldn't even have thought of leaving my bike in that dirty chaos, called repair shop, if it weren't for a very good recommandation of a french guy who lives here in dakar.

after talking to issa, the mechanic, i realized, that he knows about his business. i didn't have to explain much and, judging him by his answers and suggestions, he knew exactly where the problems are.

we left the repair shop with a feeling of relief. finally in dakar, finally a repair shop!

in the afternoon, our visas were ready and after learning, that thomas' malaria test was negativ, we went into town to celebrate.






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