Blog Entries tagged 'west_africa'
Travel Blogs Entries tagged 'west_africa'
- My African Christmas[float=right][/float]I celebrated Christmas 2016 by sitting eight hours in a bus, before eating a magni Posted by askgudmundsen in West Africa Road Blog | Jan 8, 2017
- Real Life SimCityIf you could build your own city, what would you build? How about a peace foundation, a five-star hotel and the biggest church in the world... [float=right][img=https://photos.travellerspoint.com/396327/IMG_7836.jpg thumb=https://photos.travellerspoint Posted by askgudmundsen in West Africa Road Blog | Dec 27, 2016
- Malaria![float=right][/float]Travelling through West Africa, I’ve come across a few people sev Posted by askgudmundsen in West Africa Road Blog | Dec 20, 2016
- The Last Train in West Africa[float=right][/float]Settling into the hard, blue plastic seats in the second class carriage is a Posted by askgudmundsen in West Africa Road Blog | Dec 17, 2016
- Keeping Score[float=right][/float]My passport has to stay at the Embassy of Côte d’Ivoire over the weekend. It's p Posted by askgudmundsen in West Africa Road Blog | Dec 13, 2016
- A Royal Audience[float=right][/float]Early evening, on the same day I finished my Dogon Country trek, I left Mali to the rela Posted by askgudmundsen in West Africa Road Blog | Dec 7, 2016
- Animal Sacrifices, Millet Beer and the Dogons[float=right][/float]First, a concession: the Dogons are a very complicated group of people. They have uni Posted by askgudmundsen in West Africa Road Blog | Dec 2, 2016
- Dangerous Mali… Or is It...[float=right][/float]I’m not trying to talk down the risks of visiting Mali. Then again, I kind o Posted by askgudmundsen in West Africa Road Blog | Nov 27, 2016
- Travelling to a Warzone[float=left][/float]A few months before this blog post, the Posted by askgudmundsen in West Africa Road Blog | Nov 25, 2016
- Lies, Forgery and Other Ways to Apply for VisasVisas. Those stickers that allow travellers to cross borders. The regions describe as the “hardest to travel” usually have the strictest visa regimes. I would argue that that’s often why they are so hard to travel. Central Asia and West Posted by askgudmundsen in West Africa Road Blog | Nov 18, 2016
- Hitching a Ride – with a PlaneRead [[http://askgudmundsen.travellerspoint.com/76/|Part I]], [[http://askgudmundsen.travellerspoint.com/77/|Part II]], [[http://askgudmundsen.travellerspoint.com/80/|Part III]] and [[http://askgudmundsen.travellerspoint.com/81/|Part IV]] here. [float=ri Posted by askgudmundsen in West Africa Road Blog | Nov 11, 2016
- Driving through the Jungle Night with no Lights On[[http://askgudmundsen.travellerspoint.com/76/|Part I]], [[http://askgudmundsen.travellerspoint.com/77/|Part II]] and [[http://askgudmundsen.travellerspoint.com/80/|Part III]] here. [float=right][img=https://photos.travellerspoint.com/396327/IMG_5810.j Posted by askgudmundsen in West Africa Road Blog | Nov 8, 2016
- Spending a Night in the JungleIf you haven't read this story from the beginning, go to [[http://askgudmundsen.travellerspoint.com/76/|Part I]] and [[http://askgudmundsen.travellerspoint.com/77/|Part II]] here. [float=right][img=https://photos.travellerspoint.com/396327/IMG_5762.jpg Posted by askgudmundsen in West Africa Road Blog | Oct 30, 2016
- Finding a Ride[float=right][/float]Arriving in Ganta [[http://askgudmundsen.travellerspoint.com/76/|on my way to Harper]] I h Posted by askgudmundsen in West Africa Road Blog | Oct 24, 2016
- Maps Lie![float=left][/float]Lynn H. Hough, an American theologian, once said, [i]“Life is a journey, not a Posted by askgudmundsen in West Africa Road Blog | Oct 20, 2016
- White Man Money[float=right][/float]As a white guy in Africa, skin colour clearly makes me stand out. So does more Posted by askgudmundsen in West Africa Road Blog | Oct 17, 2016
- The Adventure of Getting from A to B[float=right][/float]It’s some of the hardest travel in the world. That’s the reason why West Africa isn’t overrun Posted by askgudmundsen in West Africa Road Blog | Oct 5, 2016
- Climbing the Highest Mountain in West Africa[float=right][/float]For the past three days I have constantly been either well moisturised or soaked to Posted by askgudmundsen in West Africa Road Blog | Oct 1, 2016
- Do I Want to go Home?[float=left][/float]Am I done? Having used more than a week not travelling, I can’t figure out if I want Posted by askgudmundsen in West Africa Road Blog | Sep 25, 2016
- Expatriate Life 'It’s unlikely that you will enter Sierra Leone by road. It bears the dubious distinction of being bordered by arguably the only two West African countries that are in a worse state – Guinea and Liberia.' [float=right][img=https://photos.tr Posted by askgudmundsen in West Africa Road Blog | Sep 23, 2016
- How to Deal with Bribery Attempts“All tourists must carry their Tourist Identity Card on them, at all times, or go to jail,” the soldier told me. This was the essential part of the conversation. This was what they needed me to believe was true. Not Posted by askgudmundsen in West Africa Road Blog | Sep 20, 2016
- Should I stay or should I go?[float=right][/float]I’ll admit it right off the bat: This is a case of traveller’s first world problem. The fact that Posted by askgudmundsen in West Africa Road Blog | Aug 29, 2016
- A Surprising Land of Waterfalls and Natural Wonders[float=right][/float]Mostly know for Ebola, civil war and corruption, Guinea have shown a very differ Posted by askgudmundsen in West Africa Road Blog | Aug 25, 2016
- “Want a Ride for the Next 10 Days?”[float=right][/float]So, apparently, I’ve been an overlander for the past few days. You know, one of Posted by askgudmundsen in West Africa Road Blog | Aug 19, 2016
- Animist Africa[float=right][/float]We arrived at the village without much idea of what to expect. Our g Posted by askgudmundsen in West Africa Road Blog | Jul 21, 2016
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