Overlanding West Africa Archives — Colliding Cultures

So close but too far – night on the border of Ghana

Ethelkxxk — Sun, 21 Jan 2018 16:02:59 +0000

As much as I enjoied the car trip through the desert, I also enjoyed the idea of finally arriving. Finally not being on road, finally not camping and finally not being in hurry. Having crossed all borders during the trip with less time than one hour, we could net expectRead More →

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Top Tips for Car-trip across West Africa

Ethelkxxk — Fri, 19 Jan 2018 15:27:32 +0000

Having done Car trip across West Africa – from Morocco to Ghana I want to share some top tips from the experience. Stay Healthy For entering Ghana, the only compulsory vaccination is Yellow Fever vaccination. This has to be done at least 10 days before entering the region. TheRead More →

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Over-Landing West Africa: Mali and Burkina Faso

Ethelkxxk — Wed, 17 Jan 2018 21:17:02 +0000

Most people who would drive from Europe to Ghana, or Togo or Nigeria or anywhere in this area, would drive through Senegal. That would be the safest route. Well, from that point where most people would turn right, we turned left. Our car was bit too old to drive throughRead More →

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Over-landing West Africa: Mauritania – Landmines and Shea Shells

Ethelkxxk — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 17:34:53 +0000

While over-landing West Africa we covered the desert area in three different countries: Morocco (Western Sahara), Mauritania and Mali. I loved most the desert in Mauritania. Maybe because thats where we first meat some wildlife or maybe for the reason that the desert in Mauritania looked most like the desertRead More →

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Making friends in Sahara

Ethelkxxk — Mon, 15 Jan 2018 18:11:47 +0000

Big cities Casablanca, Marrakesh, Agadir have stayed far behind as we have acrossed the border of Western Sahara. Officially this amazing land still belongs to Morocco – so there was no real border. Just another annoying check-point where we were asked for Fische and gifts. Western Sahara is located inRead More →

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Overlanding West Africa – the adventure begins. Morocco.

Ethelkxxk — Tue, 09 Jan 2018 13:49:11 +0000

From one small filling Station in Southern Spain we purchased some fastfood, some gallons of water, some crackers and the ferry tickets to cross from Tarifa to Tanger.(Car ticket for 40 minute trip was costing 33 Euros at that time.) I must say while shopping for our Overlanding West Africa journeyRead More →

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