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Am in Luanda, heading north to Matadi, and planning to go Kinshasa/Brazza then Oyo then west to Leconi and then somehow north to Yaounde as I believe I maximize the tar and minimize the mud.

GPS got crushed, bike is in so-so condition, travelling solo with recent stitches from a near-fatal accident in Namibia, have not so great map and would like to do it the easiest and quickest way possible - anyone done it recently?
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Am in Luanda, heading north to Matadi, and planning to go Kinshasa/Brazza then Oyo then west to Leconi and then somehow north to Yaounde as I believe I maximize the tar and minimize the mud.

GPS got crushed, bike is in so-so condition, travelling solo with recent stitches from a near-fatal accident in Namibia, have not so great map and would like to do it the easiest and quickest way possible - anyone done it recently?
I have a Michelin map. It shows me a earth road (mud track) from Oyo to Leconi.The road from Brazza to Dolisie and then north to Lambarene looks better.
p.s. I plan to ride an opposite direction. You need in an advice now, but your experience will be needed later. Let me know please. Be careful and good luck.

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Read Lois Pryce's new book - red tape and white knuckles.
There's an excellent description of her route following very much the same route as you intend to follow
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Hey Alex,

believe me, the Dolisie-Brazza road is in no way comparable with Franceville-Obouyo-Brazza. The road condition is far away from easy-driving and roadblocks with unpleasant guys with ak-47s demanding for money are not uncommon.The Michelin-Map is not always the best source to get information as well as the knowledge of the amount of Ks does not mean you can guess how much time you will spent. Have a look at this , it might be helpful to you.

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Hi Guys,

Just drove from Leconi to Brazza in 2 days in a 4x4.
First day from Leconi to Oyo, nice track in a beatiful area, alot of sand so won't be great on a bike but it's dry at the moment, also there are alot of hills. It's very easy to follow.
Second day Oyo to brazza, good tarmac with occasional sections of potholes. No problems with the police though we do play the dumb no speak french white tourist trick all the time apart from at the borders. People in Congo are alot friendlier than the snobby Gabonese.
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Heading north from Kinshasa
In Kinshasa at the moment - had a tough go at the port this afternoon - headed late and lots of hassle with bribes etc. to get hustled on ferry.

Will tackle first thing in morning and planning to spend a couple of days in Brazza - need to organize some new side luggage (soft bags destroyed by Angola) and and get some rim deformation fixed (yes, Angola as well), and somehow get a new tent (disappeared in a pothole somewhere I believe - my fault; rush packing job)

I am planning on doing Oyo to Leconi in two full days; starting at sunrise from Oyo (or wherever the tar runs out) - any tips for the road? Am flying somewhat blind without GPS but sounds like it is pretty direct.

Also any recommendations for possibly organizing a tent or getting some metal lunchboxes or something made into panniers?
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Hey mblevin,

if you need some help in Brazza for organizing something my advice to you is:
Stay at Hippocampe Hotel, which is run by a young french guy with his vietnamese wife. He travelled the world by bycicle and will be at your service.
Hippocampe Hotel

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Hi mblevin,

First sorry we missed you in Luanda I found out you were here the night before you left and we had no transport to come out and meet you, I believe you were helped out by Diane and co. A friend of a friend. there is a road in Brazzaville locally known as the Rue de Chinois. This is near the centre you can pretty much get anything there, it is a road full of Chinese import shops maybe someone down there will have a tent for you. If you like Chinese food there is a chinese resturant in the centre the food is pretty good if you can cope with sharing your table with a couple of baby cockroaches!

The road north from Brazzaville to Oyo is beautiful, excellent tarmac road once out of brazza, we took the oyo, Bounji, Leconi route. From the main tarmac route the track out to bounji (about50km) was easy going sand/earth road, after bounji it is sand, my least favorite riding medium....until you cross the border. Bounji to Leconi (about 150km)was a hard days ride for me but Dan took it in his stride, I would say you shouldn't have too much of a problem without a GPS as the road is fairly clear and the locals are pretty helpful with directions, we even saw a couple of signs along the way.
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