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Originally Posted by Mark hadley
Putting all the responses together is quite encouraging.
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I think I can safely say that the intention of all the posters here with first hand info was quite to the contrary.
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1) Is there a route from Libya to Chad?
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NO! There are a number of diverging and converging unmarked tyre tracks in the desert, that don't really qualify as a piste. It is over 1000km of uninhabited desert, with no towns, people, etc. A couple of random trucks (Not convoys!) passed down that route every week before the Libyan revoultion, nobody has any idea what is going on now. As for the Sudan route, there was practically zero legitimate traffic since the Darfur events heated up. There have been a number of semi-confirmed reports that the Karabatum post was held by the Darfur rebels, and the route was used to supply arms (provided by the late great gardener) to the rebels.
See above. As far as I know, nobody aside citizens of Libya/Sudan/Chad have been able to make a legitimate crossing there in the last 10 years.
Rather academic in light of above...
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That seems to leave open the strategy of trying to get written formal permission to cros the border. Then staying with the convoy between towns. If an area seems safe, we can explore locally and then join the next convoy to continue the trek. Is this a mad idea?
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Kuno summed up the answer quite nicely... However if you do give it a try, there will be a lot of interested ears, some may even be willing to pay for a pint or two in return for the story, assuming the remote possibility that you will be able to tell it.
Last edited by andrasz; 31 Jan 2012 at 09:12.
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