Back in Spain: In a Difficult Situation

When István and Ferenc arrived in Dakar and met their goal by walking through the Sahara desert and arriving to the westernmost point of mainland Africa it was obvious that there was a problem. How to cross the Atlantic Ocean, how to follow the peacetour? After literally eating up their budget, they decided to return to the closest European country, to

Return to Spain

The project have been permanently in financial difficulties, and even though this is a big step backwards, without money there wasn't really a chance to travel from Africa to the United States. The WorldWalkers decided to backtrack a bit, and they just arrived in Spain a day or two ago.

After a couple of days of hitchhiking they arrived at El Aaiun, where they wasn't able to get another ride. They spent three very long days at the edge of the city, battling the cold winter winds there when finally a car stopped to give them a lift. The driver took them to the next major city in Morocco and paid the a bus ticket to Casablanca. In Casablanca they were lucky enough to find another car to Tanger. There they got some financial support from a friend in Hungary (through Western Union), so Saturday evening they left Tanger and thus, Africa.

What's the Plan?

Now they're walking to Málaga, were they will be trying to find a temporary a job, just like in Motril a few months ago, to raise enough money for the trip to North America.

Meanwhile they need to get a new bank account with a Mastercard/Visa card, to be able to receive donations directly from the web community of this blog. They hope that in a month or so they can leave Europe. In the meantime the background team is working hard on the web content, and is trying to build up a massive Web2.0 community to support the project, at least as an active audience.

István and Ferenc in Szeged, Hungary (July 16, 2007)



István and Ferenc near Dakar, Senegal (November 3, 2008)

How You Can Help Us

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First of all they are looking for a job in or near Málaga, Spain, so if you know anybody there who can help, please, contact us using the contact link above. The brothers appreciate any mundane help as well, a hot meal, a place to spend the night, to take a hot shower. If you work in the local media you might help by giving them any publicity. They speak German and English quite well. If you need any PR material in Spanish, you can contact us as well.