Into Guinea-Bissau
A quick stop in Ziguinchor, the regional Cassamance capital, nets me a one month visa for Guinea-Bissau, and I immediately head South to the border, less than a hundred miles away. Leaving Senegal is...
Category: Border Crossing
Into Gambia
The road South to the border of Gambia is under construction, which means traffic is diverted to drive on a very makeshift road on either side of the main road. This makeshift road is...
Into Senegal without a Carnet
The largest border crossing from Mauritania to Senegal at Rosso is commonly called the “Worst Border in Africa”. Horror stories abound of hours spent paying hundreds of euros in bribes, only to move onto...
Through A Minefield Into Mauritania
Driving through an active minefield is not something I’m looking forward to. I would go another way if I could, the problem is there simply is no other way to drive from Morocco/The Western...
Into Africa. Morocco Begins
It’s been a long time coming, and it hardly seems real. Over 5 years of planning and dreaming and working towards this day. I book tickets for the ferry from Southern Spain to Tangier,...
