A birthday to remember – a tetse bite from ankle to knee, 6 hours stuck in the mud, and we had to leave the truck behind overnight and walk 7k to the hotel ……. We arrived in Ghana via the madness of the Noe/Elubo border crossing and headed up to Ankasa Nature reserve, the ’emerging eco tourist […]
Ghana – stuck in the mud in Ankasa Read More »
On a typical day you wake up early, either when the generator kicks in or when the sun comes up. Scrabble around in the tent, decide whether or not your clothes stink enough to merit a change, or whether you can endure one more day in the same gear. Pack up…. Deflate the thermarest and
A day in the life of overlanding in west Africa Read More »
November 15, 2016 Yesterday was the first day of my first group tour ever! I have never signed up to travel with strangers before, mostly as I am happy to do my own thing at my own pace, so it will be an interesting few weeks. I am overlandingwestAfrica.com from Freetown, Sierra Leone to
Arriving in Freetown is mildly bonkers. The airport is inconveniently located at Lungi – 3 hours drive by road, 5 mins by helicopter (but they crash often, so not advisable) or 45 minutes by ferry. It was a typically comical African process with hundreds of guys trying to facilitate your way. Surprisingly
Sierra Leone – baking in Freetown, Read More »
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