Across Nigeria. Day Three.
(My Nigeria crossing starts with the story Into Nigeria. You should begin reading there) Again we are up and moving early, and again the pace on the highway is frenetic. Days are blurring together,...
The road chose me Going where others don't dare
Across Nigeria. Day Two.
(My Nigeria crossing starts with the story Into Nigeria. You should begin reading there) I sleep in fits and spurts, half of me happy for the air conditioning, the other half hating the world’s...
Across Nigeria. Day One.
(My Nigeria crossing starts with the story Into Nigeria. You should begin reading there) Soon after leaving Customs and Immigration we are waved down by a group of men on the side of the...
Into Nigeria
Nigeria gets all kinds of bad press. It has by far the largest population of any country in Africa – population estimates are as high as 180 million – and a booming economy and...
Benin Voodoo in Ouidah and Abomey
Benin is famous for it’s voodoo culture, something I have been looking forward to checking out for a while now. I start out in the town of Ouidah, where an annual voodoo festival is...
Cascade de Tanougou
Immediately outside the entrance gate of Pendjari park is Cascade de Tnaougou, a sacred sight for local people. I pay a 2,000CFA “community development fund / access fee” to the chief, and drive down...
