Sandpiercer to Choum

I’m in Atar, waiting for some voiture to Chinguetti to show up. I arrived in Atar before 6am, driver just let us sleep in the minibus from Choum. The town was still asleep bar the muezzin calls coming from many sides. As I walkes around asking for transport to Chinguetti, I was told there is […]

Laayoune to Dakhla: South South

My Rough Guide to Morocco mentions 4 places to see in Western Sahara: Tarfaya, Laayoune, Smara and Dakhla. There isn’t much to see in either of towns yet the splendid desolation is tempting. I was thinking to go to each town but the transport options are poor: Laayoune to Tarfaya looks like there are only […]

Sahara begins

I noticed it around 6am, where we stopped for morning tea. Silver ocean under full moon. Sand. A truck on the side of the road. The plants were gone. We were moving among nothingness, sand, gravel, all gray and silent. Then at 8am a police checkpoint. Sir, what’s your nationality? What’s your profession? Where are […]

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 […]

Bienvenue à Marrakech

Morocco is long, if you include Western Sahara. There will be a lot of buslife on this trip, especially going South along the coast. I had the first such trip and during the day. A CTM bus from Tangier to Morocco. There are only 2 CTM busses a day and they cost 230Dh each and […]

Day 2: Ceuta-Tangier

I too was hoping for good Med climate to take over soon on this trip. I know, it’s only February and it’s the coast but still. And still, the morning was dark and gloomy and raining. After a perfect jamon & queso sandwich I took bus no. 7 to the border. The border was dark […]

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 […]

Then we take Berlin

I normally ignore countries for which I have to get a visa and all the following apply: the consulate is not in my city and I have to wait for days for visa to be issued and the visa is not on arrival. It just isn’t worth the wasted time and energy and money when […]

Visa no. 1: Ghana

Visas suck. West Africa is full of visas. Most of the time you won’t know where to get a visa for each country, how much it will cost, how long will it take to get one. It’s even worse when you live in an unimportant country, like Poland, where of all West Africa there is […]

Hello world

Hello world. This is my first, or maybe second, attempt at blogging. I am going to West Africa and I will try to write about it. I’ve been to Africa many times but mainly with work. This will be holiday time. That is, of course, if I get the visas…