Drove from Germany down to Morocco – Mauritania – Mali – Burkina-Faso – Ghana – Togo – Benin – Nigeria in Nov/Dec 2004 (last year) without a carnet and was issued lese passé (temporary import permit) at each border crossings which on the average cost about GPB 15. except Ghana where they were asking for close to GPB 1000. so I parked my car in Lome (Togo) and went to Accra by taxi. Of cause they said it was a bond and I would get money back on exiting the country … which is all bullocks, you’ll never get to see the custom’s agent again. For Nigeria I believe we were lucky to meet a nice customs officer who had pity upon us as its was after midnight, we paid only NGN1500 (GPB 7) a lese passé (temporary import permit)
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