Hi Fotodadi

We have passed through Rosso a number of times, usually because the road to Diama is too wet to get through (august/september)....the road to Diama is very difficult in the wet not alot of fun so Rosso is our only option.

Your point about the bike based on size....our truck is 12 meters long, and we paid 7,500CFA (which we are told is too much, the local trucks pay less).....so I can not believe that a motor bike on the ferry costs 5,000 CFA.

My problem is not with paying money. If it is official and I get a receipt, then I will pay the money. But this is blatant stone faced lets screw people out of money (Africans and overlanders alike)...it is a mafia racket at Rosso, and has gotten worse over the years due to people continually paying money. And the fact that they intimidate you to pay the money if you question what you are paying for is what angers me the most.

I know that even if the money is officially receipted, it will often go astray regardless. Very true. I am not naive to this fact.

Yes, pay huge amounts of money on European road tolls, very true, but this discussion is not about road tolls. I will happily pay road tolls. This is about screwing people out of money at a border crossing for non existant fees.

BTW Fototadi, I mean no offence by what I write, I am simply making a point