Cape Coast to Accra: homecoming

I have no idea how many times I have been to Accra. It was my first visit to Africa, in December 2001 but the next visit was only in 2005 and since then every year several trips, all work-related, followed. At the beginning I used to stay in Novotel, right in downtown, a convenient place […]

Easter in Abidjan

Ah how I didn’t want to go leave for Ghana. Abidjan is jolly fun, Ghana will be full of tourists. I woke up, pondered what to do. I stayed in Abidjan one more day. Monday was still holiday in Ivory Coast, majority of businesses was still closed. Having so much time and so few things […]

A Tuesday in Korhogo

I don’t know if it was the joy of AC – first on this trip! – or the previous day’s tiredness but I slept long. I managed to get out of the hotel at around 11am. I wanted to change the room to one without fan. It was a bit strange, first the caretaker said […]

Friday in Dakar: four embassies & a scam

Today was a visa run day. Spoiler: I failed at all 4 embassies.It’s Friday so any visa processing time longer than “pick up the next day” (Monday) is too long. I don’t wanna sit in Dakar for so long.Bissau visa I hope to get in Bissau consulate in Ziguinchor in Casamance in South Senegal. Guinean […]

It’s raining in heaven

Writing to you at 5am, as we were told to change the bus in Tan Tan. Tan Tan I always thought is capital of Western Sahara but we’re still way off the “border”. It’s been a rainy day. Rainy and cold, felt like Poland. +10 degrees, gray, cloudy, miserable. Lots of mint tea consumed. I […]

A stroll around Marrakech

A friend of mine, Deepak, whom I know from work, has recently relocated to Morocco. Deepak is an esteemed engineer previously based in Madagascar. And Deepak has a Moroccan girlfriend, who lives in Marrakech. And so it happened that I’m here and it’s weekend and Deepak is at his girlfriend’s. I got invited for a […]