As any overlander who has spent significant time on the road knows, there is a lot of preparation involved in an overland adventure. A lot of preparation. But no one prepares for a pandemic. No one. In our case the plan was simple: circumference the African continent in a year or so. Drive north up …
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Bureh Beach is a legendary chill down venue amongst the west African overlanding community. And it lives up to its reputation. You can spend long days surfing or walking or smoking joints and doing very little. Your call. All about you are the smiling faces of the very chilled down Sierre Leone villagers and fishing …
We are talking and planning the road ahead. Meeting south going travellers with their fountains of advice and information. We sit in the comfort of the city of Abidjan in Côte d’Ivoire and plan our route north towards Senegal. We hear more fear stories. We are told we face a choice. Head north across Cote …
Land based travelling across Africa comes in many forms. It comes from backpackers who walk or hitch hike or ride public transport. They are the real, base line economy class travellers. With the people and amongst the people all the time. Going at the people’s pace on the people’s wisdom only. This is the domain …
It feels oddly surreal, bordering on the insane, to be in the Coté d’Ivoire city of Abidjan, four months into our African overland journey, and to read the stories of the antics and emptiness of a SONA night back home. Its weird. Other worldly. A kinda tragedy and a farce all in one act. South …
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