Entering Senegal with minibus
 

I know this has been covered before, but some of it is outdated and there's a detail I want to iron out.

I crossed from Mauritania last year on a bike and had no problems, but as far as I can see from the text in the law, the 8 year rule doesn't apply to bikes, so I just got the normal vehicle paperwork like every other country.

I'd always worked on the assumption that with a car/bus over 8 years old you just paid the bribe at the border and got in.

But based on the hassle I had when my bike papers were expired by a day at a checkpoint last year, it begs the question....if you just bribe your way in, are you not going to have a world of problems at every checkpoint without the correct papers?

Or can you actually bribe or otherwise to get a laisser-passer the same as a bike?

It is all negotiable.
First I couldn't get in at all (Diama, old Toyota)
then I couldn't get more then 3 days
then I couldn't go to Dakar
it all worked out after a couple hours to the tune of 200 euros
After that noone checked my papers not even exiting Senegal
they just stamped it

If they are looking for a bribe at a checkpoint they will find a way to get it