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We were looking at getting a ferry from Greece to Israel and doing Jordan, Egypt and south from there. I did find info about a Greek ferry company that was running this route but it seems there is nothing happening like that anymore.
We are traveling in a 4x4 (troop carrier) and I'm paraplegic so we prefer to stay with the vehicle or minamise the time without it as it is my life line.
Short of putting it back in a container on a ship is there any other way that anyone knows of for getting into Africa from anywhere in Europe
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east route has severall options, here is a collection:
There are some limitations by using an 4x4 currently, because they arent allowed to enter on the way down if you use one of the sinai borders:
4x4tripping: Howto reach the eastern route of africa
The easiest way is currently to use the ferry between turkey and egypt:
4x4tripping: Ferry between Iskenderun - Port Said / eastroute 2014
Also there are currently travellers on the
west route of africa who did cross severall borders in westafrica witout much hassle:
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Watch this thread at the german wüstenschiff forum (probably use google translate):
http://www.wuestenschiff.de/phpbb/westafrika-umfahrung-ebola-gebiet-moglich-t51686.html
There overlander report their current experiences about bordercrossings of
Burkina Faso, Benin, Togo, Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire.
Where they have to wash once their hands at the border and once they meter the body temperature, or have to fill a form.
One of them too write an blog: jealousyreloaded.bplaced.net
I guess that it is more relaxed, if you are there, as here if you watch the news and some forums...
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(These posts are from September (German Date Settings)
Shure there are Rumors about closed borders arround:
http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...r-closed-77871
I guess if these travellers was able to cross this borders in the deeper risk area, it will be more easy outside of the center between nigeria-cameroon. But this is guessing, we just know more if some travellers rapports their crossing (or rejection).
Personally I think that we reads to often that it is not possible and read a short time later that it was possible ;-)
Personally I would start the westroute now, when I had planned it, Mauretania, Mali, Burkina, Benin and downwards. But the situation is very fluid, can change anytime...
So don`t plan to far away in the future, come to europe and decide then which way is possible and which way you like to travel more, if both options are available...
Surfy