A Saturday in Calabar

I got out of the room late. Everyone on the internet is praising a bakery that’s across the road from the hotel so I went there. Bought a ginger cake and a “golden bun”. Ginger cake didn’t even lie next to ginger. Golden bun needed coffee to dip it in. My hotel has a very […]

Bissau to Bolama: dusty bush roads

This week Consulmar Guine ferry ran Monday to Thursday (they publish the schedule every week) at 8am. The ferry leaves from the port of Bissau. I arrived at the port around 7:45, there were already people at the dock. The day before when I asked at the ticket office what time I should be at […]

The powdered milk of Monkey Island

First things first: disclaimer! Island of Gorée is NOT the Monkey Island but it features strongly in one of the most epic computer games of all times: Monkey Island series. I managed to drag myself out of bed for the ferry at 11am, with a coffee on my way. The ferry costs 5200cfa return, goes […]

Day 1: Kraków-Ceuta

I don’t get bored on my trips. There is always so much to see and to do and to read, even on long bus journeys, that I often run out of time. Also, being alone, I move around quite fast, not spending much time “hanging around”. So it is on my 3rd day that I […]