Logoutuo and the border to Man: richer lands

Day started with me caring for my newly reopened wound. Hydrogen peroxide, iodine then some sterile gauze that I had from home and two pieces of plaster I also had from home were supposed to hold it together till I am on the other side off the border. Just before I even managed to wash […]

Buchanan to the Logoutuo border: long journey for everyone

It turns out, as my moto driver taking me to the car park in Buchanan is telling me, that I won’t be able to get to Ganta on Liberian-Guinean border or even Gbarnga, which is on the way to Ganta directly from Buchanan. I will have to go back to Monrovia. Ugh. Sure enough, the […]

Jendema to Monrovia: checkpoints galore

The border crossing of Jendema (SL)-Bo Waterside (Liberia) is full of bribe stories on iOverlander. People being asked for money for not having a visa sticker but a visa stamp in their passport in Sierra Leone, for not having meningitis or cholera vaccination in their yellow vaccination card. And here I am, with a stamp […]

Tiwai Island to Jendema: bike bike bike

I woke up before 7am. The rain was heavy. I just lied down waiting for it to be over. It was quite chilly. Very often here you don’t get anything to cover yourself with in bed as it’s too hot and such was the case here. I covered myself with towel and it was enough. […]

Monday in Freetown: the two embassies

I woke up all sweaty in my $17 apartment. Not good. Mornings are cool and I should be fresh and crispy and here I am, melting at 6am. At least there were no mosquitoes and in the room there was no mosquito net and the carpeted floor makes burning a coil risky. The plan for […]

Visa no. 8: Liberia in Freetown

Liberian visa is fairly straightforward. I took a 3,000le moto to the embassy. It’s an unmarked gate on Spur Road. The building quite a nice villa, a flag hanging (but invisible from outside, the walls are high and the ground steep). Inside I waited to be announced and I was led to the consul/ambassador’s office. […]

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 […]