africa, west coast to cape town from Jan 2014
 

Hi guys, I am heading down to Cape Town mid January 2014 from Gibraltar on my bike.
Any one going or wanting to travel part of the way together ?
Does not matter if you are on a bike or in a car, its all about having a good time.
I am currently in London till January.
Cheers
:thumbup1:

hey. well be in morocco round then, heading for west africa. if youre quick heading down we could hook up? karl.

Hi,

I'm starting my trip to Cape Town (and back) beginning January, and will be in Morocco second half of January. Keep in touch to meet up for a couple of bier

Happy travels,

Gee

HEY guys it would be great to catch up.
My plan is to leave Spain on 21 January, ferry across to Morocco.
This is what i have planned
Morocco, Mauritania, Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Angola, Namibia, South Africa.
I will keep you informed.
Hope to see you all along the way

hello again. looks like youre doing the same route we are (were only going as far as ghana this time, but followed your route 10 years ago, it was brill). if all goes according to plan well be in morocco for christmas, but keep in touch and you may catch us up (im not one for going the direct route and my girlfriends on a 250!!!).

will try let you know stuff as we go along.

how are you guys travelling?

karl.

I am taking the same route as from middle of March 2014 together with an Argentinian friend. Riding on motorbikes.

But you are going to be way ahead of us if you are leaving mid Jan...

I might be bugging you with some visa and other practical questions on the way ;-)

Safe travels!

Bart

Hi Karl, I looks like there will be 2 of us leaving from Spain. We are leaving on the 27th of Jan and wont be in a rush either. I'm sure we will meet up along the way though so we must definitely stay in touch.

Elbarto i'm sure you guys will catch up with us along the way.
Looks like there are going to be a few bikes travelling so please keep in contact.
Cheers

wowser
 

I'm totally in the planning stages here, but I'm totally wanting to do a very similar trip. This time frame may be a little early for me, but you never know.

I'm going to see if I can get some things and my bike sorted out and you never know. I'd love to have company on this trip!

What is everyone riding? I'm planning on doing it with my little WR250r : )

ciao
Clay D

Hi JC, out of interest what are you riding and what are you doing with your bikes when you get to SA? Just deciding on doing either India or part of Africa, I finish work mid-Jan and have to be back in UK late June, not sure if 5 months would be long enough for a full loop...

Cheers, Nick

west africa to capetown
 

Hi to all,
My wife and I have just ridden from the UK to the Gambia on two Enfields and are now looking to travel to Capetown in a couple of months, our main concern is regarding the visas required and if it is possible to get them en-route. We would be covering Senegal - Mali - Burkina Faso -Benin - Nigeria -Cameroon -Gabon -Congo -DRC -Angola - Namibia - South Africa. Time is not an issue with us but it would seem pointless to go further if we can't get the visas. Any info on this would be great.
Thanks in advance
Den and Mandy

i am in the middle of this route and have gotten visas as we go. We're currently on Accra awaiting our Angola visa, then we're hot to trot. The hardest one was Ghana, which we got in Dakar, as you can get a visa valid for 3 years from your home country.

many thanks for this info are there any visas that you can only get in certain countries such as the Angolan as we don't intend to go through Ghana. if you have the time it would be interesting to know where you got yours from, from what I understand Bamako is a place for quite a few.
Den

Hi Odermate I am riding a Aprilia ETV Caponord and Adritay is on a XT660R.
I am staying in South Africa and adritay is shipping his bike back to UK.
I think you could do a full loop in 6 months if you a good rider with good bike.
Isaac Feliu Pérez (Africa call) left Spain and did 71 countries, 41500km's all the way around Africa back to Spain in 77 days :)
We are leaving on 27th of Jan in no rush.

Here are the details of the visas i've acquired to date.

HTH.

Thanks for this update. Much appreciated! :thumbup1:

Cheers,

Gee

Jeroen who has been travelling with us get's back to the Netherlands from Ghana after Christmas, and he appears to be always available for a beer and a chat... beer

West Africa
 

Hi All,

Two of us are planning to leave Southern Spain in our Nissan Patrol on 3 January, driving to Senegal.

Initial departure is a little earlier from the UK

Anyone leaving around that time we'd be happy to catch up!

From there the plan is to leave the car in Senegal for a while as we have to go home and do some work... then return around 2 months later to continue on to Nigeria... and then who knows!

I guess we'll see how we get on once we're on the road though for how far we get or how many trips we make!

All the best

Tariq

Hi everyone.

I left home on a little Hinda C90 to do round about the same route as you guys. I'm currently in Dakhla, Western Sahara, and seeing as its taken me nearly 3 months to get here no doubt some of you will catch me up. I'd be up for a few beers on some travelling together if any of you are.

And thanks for the visa info, Thimba, that will all come in very useful.

All the best,

Liam.

Liam and c90 around the World

Hi den and mandy, Hope your travels are going well.
Yea you can get all your visa's along the way all the way to Cape Town.
If you look at the message from divelandy he has sent some visa information.
Safe travels

NB: we were almost turned away at the Benin border this morning. They would only give us a 2 day transit visa after originally telling us that we'd need to return to Lome and get a visa...

West coast to Cape Town
 

Thanks Jc for the wishes and many thanks to Divelandy for the info on visas some visas we'll have to get different to yours but hopefully all should be ok.
We're currently staying in The Gambia until our daughter comes to visit in Feb then we should be looking at moving on.
Good luck to all.
Den
PS I take it you managed to get through at Benin.

Just made it to Cameroon. No problems in Nigeria, though we were stopped fewer times on a motorcycle than if we were in a car. Lots of "something for me", but no problem when declined.

Happy New Year to every one.

26 Days till I leave, Hope to see most of you in Africa soon :)

Happy New Year to you too!

I'm leaving tomorrow. Let's stay tuned!

Happy travels,

Gee

Well guys not long now, my plans have been pushed back by a few days, I will be in Morocco 31/01/14 and not 18 as planned. not to serious :)
Hope to catch up with most of you along the way
Unfortunately Adritay on his XT660 won't be joining me on the trip as he has just found out that he has cancer. Wishing him a speedy recovery.

Hi JC, cheers for the msg - not enough posts to PM - all the best for the trip. I'm now doing Sri Lanka/India/Nepal....Africa for another day. Have a blast!

we'll be on your heels, starting off mid March from Belgium

safe ride & have fun!

Bart

anybody in the gambia?
 

in banjul for a while, is anyone around????

I've just made It to Namibia after coming down the West coast. Gabon and the Congo's are hard work, especially if you take the crossing at Luozi.
I'm just happy to have electricity and running water, never mind junk food and supermarkets.

Look forward to hearing how you get on.

Hi guys, any good cheap bike friendly places to stay in Dakar and has any one done other visa's from embassies in Dakar ?
Cheers
JC

JC, I love your Blog! A clean and very special design, reduced informations - but the inportant stuff is there.

And a yes, it is the bigger adventure on a bike, than on an 4x4. We had rain in Congo too and a lot of fun while wheeling - but you really had hard work compared to us


http://armitage.ws/rtw/wp-content/up...0140106-02.jpg

Hope you will add more pictures to the blog, soon you have better internet.

Surfy

Heading through France now bound for southern Spain, crossing to Morocco on 27th or 28th Jan, then Rabat for some visas, then south towards Senegal etc. Really hoping to cross paths with some of you guys... (and thanks to JC for kicking off this thread!!)
Charlie

Hi Charlie,

I'm sure we will. I am in Casablanca now waiting for a new gearbox (campsite Ocean Blue). Hope to be on the road again some time next week, heading south.

Travel safe,

Gee

Heading into Spain after 700km of French rain yesterday!
Gee... if there's anything I can pick up for you on my way, I'll bring it to Casablanca. Let me know.
Charlie

I will be crossing into Morocco on 31st, spending the night in Tangier then heading down on Saturday 1st Feb. Hope to see you guys along the way bier

campsite and visa Dakar
 

Hi JC,

Here's some recent info (last weeks) of a Belgian couple traveling south:

There seems to be only one 'campsite', sunugal plage. 5.000, not cheap, but 24 security, clean toilets and free wifi (when it works..).
They got their Conakry Visa in Dakar (easy, in an hour), and their Bissau visa in ziguinchor (even easier, in 10 min!).

See you soon, and happy trails,

Gee

Collected the Mauritania visa in Rabat today and will head for Casablanca tomorrow... short distance but need to do some work on the machine before the good roads run out.
Gee - will look out for your fine Defender, JC - our paths will cross!
Charlie

Hope to catch up soon, what are you travelling on/in Charlie ?

I'm on a KTM990... but it's raining hard in Rabat right now and I'd prefer to be "in" something rather than "on" it!! Leaving for Casablanca within the hour.
Charlie

bungalow instead of Defender
 

Hi Charlie,

You'll be near Casa by now. My Defender is in the garage, and I'm in one of the bungalows, nr B7. Will look out for you!

Cheers,

Gee

Hi Gee, hope you get the Landy running again soon, do you need anything from London before I leave on Friday ?
Charlie I was hoping to leave the rain behind when I leave London but oh well, lol, I am on a Aprilia Caponord so will be getting wet as well.
Chat soon

Thanks, JC, I'm fine. Bring some sunshine:thumbup1:

Have a safe trip,

Gee

Gee, u still in Casa ?
I will see you 2moro

JC... sounds like you're making good progress. I had a great time with Gee in Casa two days back and am now in Tan-Tan, heading south at a leisurely pace tomorrow.
This pm, it rained on me again, and I could have sworn I was in a desert!! Charlie

Hi JC and Charlie,

Picked up the car yesterday evening. Testing it a bit this morning, before taking the route south.
JC, I might still be here, or perhaps just left.

Ride safe, and see you further down!

Gee

Hi Gee, I over slept this morning.
Glad u got the landy running again
I will be leaving Tangier in next hour.
See u at the camp site, if not then along the way.
Cheers
bier

JC/Gee - Made it to Laayoune last night (dodgy campsite) and now Dakhla tonight but need to slow down!! Found a hotel here that serves beer so things are looking up on that front. Maybe Nouadhibou tomorrow and then... who knows.

Still waiting for the second part of my online Senegal visa application... first part arrived 28th Jan and there's been a weekend, so all might be normal!

JC - if you have any thoughts on your timing heading south let me know.

Watch out for camels on road in these parts!

Charlie

Hey Charlie I'm just outside Tan Tan, was hoping to make it there today but left late this morning again.
Leaving very early 2moro though so if u are slowing down we should meet up soon for a beer.
I've not seen Gee yet, hope to catch him as well.
Cheers

I may lose some time getting into Mauritania as I arrive at the border a bit late today and I may have a Senegal visa issue and I feel like a day on a beach.... so you might very well catch me up pronto!

Make sure yuou have plenty of the "fiche" printed out to hand over to the police checkpoints from Tan-Tan onwards... I've needed 16 already and I'm only in Dakhla. You probably have them already but I followed the instructions on this page (Morocco Overland ~ Documents

Adding to camels as a hazard, I'd mention drifting sand, children on the blag and police checkpoints just as I overtake heavy trucks on solid white lines!!

Have a good one... and bonne chance to Gee on his desert pistes!

Charlie

Hi Charlie,

I understand that you don't have to wait for the second mail (Senegal visa). See other thread on HUBB). Hope this helps.

I'm in Tantan, now, taking it easy. Met JC on the road, when I was letting Thimba stretch her legs.

Ride safe and have fun!

Gee

Gee... glad you made it to TanTan... it must must be good to be moving again!
I crossed into Mauritania today and you can definitely get yr Mauri visa at the border although you have to fight off the usual mob of 'helpers' and the minefield makes a change!
Charlie

Hi guys I am in great laayone, will get to dakhla 2moro.
Gee it was good bumping into u 2day, hope to see u around again.
Charlie I think u do need a day on the beach so I can fatch up. Ive not been stoped once except for a warning due to speeding, lol.
I have my Mauritania visa already so hope no prob on Wednesday

Hey JC... how did you get on today? I did the Nouadhibou-Nouakchott run... filled up once 242km from the start... some fuel stops were diesel only. Staying in Auberge Sahara, Nouakchott tonight (relaxed place) and planning to head for St Louis, Senegal tomorrow, where I will stop! In fact I'll

JC sorry post went off early.... In fact I'll probably check out the coast/beaches/etc. between Dakar and St Louis for about four days, so maybe you'll be heading this way!

Charlie

Made it into Dakhla today, and jinxed myself yesterday when I said I had not been stopped. Got stopped at every check point and got a 300 dimar speeding fine, ah well the fun of riding.
I will be heading across the boarder tomorrow then downnto Senegal day after.

Hi Liam i am heading into Mauritania tomorrow , where are you now ?
Hope to catch up with u soon.
cheers jc

You're making great progress!

I remain slightly concerned because I've only got one of the two Senegal visa application emails but I'll take my chances at Rosso tomorrow afternoon.

BTW... the Mauritanian police love their fiche even more than the Moroccans. I used the same one as for West Sahara but swapped the Morocco entry number and dates for the Mauritian one.

After a €5 beer in Nouadhibou, I'm ready for some better prices!

Charlie

JC... reached Zebrabar, St Louis, via Rosso, last night. If you can avoid Rosso, do! I got through in about three hours without visa and only one email from pre-registration but it was a tad stressful!

Will stay put - taking it easy - till Sunday... Casablanca to St Louis in seven days has left me a touch knackered. Not clever or necessary... but done!

Hope you're covering the dry miles without too much grief! Only accessing internet once a day for short burst in afternoon...

Charlie

Hey Charlie good to hear fom you again. I met up with 2 crazy Italian guys on a old Aprilia Pegaso heading for SA.
Great funny guys, lol
Wen found a campsite on the beach in Louacshot, heading for Roso 2moro then st Louis. A fixer at Maurtania border aranged for anfriend of his to meet us at Roso so we can get through faster.
You right this speed traviling does kill you, it will be good to meet up in st louis. Where are staying ?
Cheers JC

Gee how's the landy going now, still strong I hope.
where are you now days, I'm heading into Senegal tomorrow
JC

Bubba on the Mauritanian border recommended Mamm'dou in Rosso who tuned out to be a complete shark! Hopefully you got a better steer.

This may be too late but I'm staying at the Zebrabar 20km outside St Louis... a great place to recover! I'll be heading into Dakar on Sunday to get my Guinea visa on Monday.

If we don't meet up today, let me know where you end up and I'll try to track you down. Otherwise I'll be in the cafe behind the Hotel de la Poste in St Louis at 4pm tomorrow... it has internet!!

Charlie

We are at Ocean camping on the beatch in st Louis
text me on + 447871941690
Or local number +221774234472
Its my birthday tomorrow so we not riding any where untill sunday aswell.
absolute nightmare today !

We are at Ocean camping on the beatch in st Louis
text me on + 447871941690
Or local number +221774234472
Its my birthday tomorrow so we not riding any where untill sunday aswell.
absolute nightmare today !

In St Louis now... will drop by at Ocean Camping at about 5.30pm,

.. and Happy Birthday!!

Charlie

Just got your message, you rode past us
Will be back at camp by 6/30

Hi guys,

Landy doing great! Had wonderful days driving pistes in the Western Sahara, and bush camping under the stars. Mauritania in a few days, so still going nice and slowy. Time is on my side!

Happy birthday, JC :rofl:

http://www.geehurkmans.com/blogs/img_1848.jpg

Ride safe!

Gee

Great photo Gee, wish I was there. Enjoy Mauritania and look out for the guys who want to help you at Roso, they are all cheats and dont let them tell you about inport duties on old vehicles, if you can try do everything yourself and if you use assistance do NOT give them your passport and drivers licence, tell them you will go with them and give the papers. And once across the river it is very easy to do it yourself, but if they have ypur papers they ask for more money before giving it back to you.
if you look at my message to Charlie you will see my Senegal number, call if you have questions.
Cheers JC

Charlie dont know if u getting my texts but if we dont meet along the road we will meet in dakar, I will find Internet cafe and check for message from you.
cheers jc

Gee... JC and I finally met up in St Louis and are heading south... all good!!

The desert looks fantastic!

Happy travels

Charlie

BTW avoid Rosso!!

Hi Guys,

Am in Mauritania now, and will head for Nouakchot tomorrow. I expect to be in Senegal in a few days.
Taking Diama crossing, not Rosso.

Ride safe,

Gee

A bit more relaxed now JC and I are away from Rosso... on the beach near Lac Rosa, the previous finish line of the Paris-Dakar!

Charlie

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6ZElnRHLGB...g_DSC00367.jpg

Well for any one still following on this page. We have made it to Lume in Togo. Hope to sort some visa's then on the road again.
I will be posting a few tips on the Horizons hub that I've picked up along the way regarding Africa travel + a few good places to stay that wont break the bank balance.
Hope you are all having safe travels and hope to see you around for a few beers ;)
Cheers, JC

Hi Guys.

I set off from England on a little Honda c90 last September. I'm stranded in Accra at the moment as the Benin embassy here 'lost' my passport :stormy: and its looking like it may take about 4 weeks until all that's sorted out - so I will probably be heading off again beginning of may.

I would quite like to do Nigeria with some company so if anyone thinks they'll be going through at around that time let me know.

Also... anyone fancy going through DRC, Kinshasa to Lubumbashi? That's my plan.

All the best,

Liam and c90 around the World

Hi Liam,
That's a pretty f@@@ed up situation! I'm also in Accra now, at Big Milly's. I'll buy you a beer!
I'm entering Nigeria around the 14th April with another car. if you can you're more than welcome to join the convoi!

Let's stay tuned.

Cheers,

Gee

Hey guys,

I've been loitering in Cape Coast for a while. It's too nice here to leave! I'll probably wait around for some parts to get shipped into Accra so I might meet you there Liam! I think you need to tell us the story of just what happened at the Embassy!!

Cheers,
Luke

Hey Luke
We were at stumble inn in elmina. Nice place.
We are now back to @ big millies. Probably here untill thursday.
Maybe see you here!!

Sita and Steven.

Hey Sita and Steven!

I'm still in Cape Coast awaiting parts. I've no idea how long they will take to arrive, but I hope to get an estimate on Monday. I'll keep you guys posted!

Cheers,
Gelmi

No worries!!

If you want a change of scene, elmina has a really nice campsite. Stumble inn.
Not far from cape coast.
We will be at big millies for another two days and then we go closer to tema. Friday Izzie will go to the docks and saturday we'll fly home for a surprise visit to our moms ;)
So see you on the other side of the ecuator!!

Greets steven and sita

How did everything go down at the docks guys? You get away ok? Sad to miss both of you!

I've come to Accra today and after a little research have realised that the next place with a Cameroon embassy/consulate is Abuja in Nigeria, which is a fair bit further north than I was hoping to go in Nigeria! Once again, it's my lack of organisation/a plan that has bitten me on the ass again!

Does anyone have any info/advice on the Cameroon visa that could save the day? Anyone have any experience of getting it at the border, maybe?

Cheers,
Spook

Cameroon visa at border 23rd March
 

Travelling with JC Greyling and two Italians, we got a 5 day Cameroon transit visa on 23rd March at the border crossing between Ikom (Nigeria) and Manfe (Cameroon). No charge. If you want more details let me know. Good luck!
Charlie

Inspired, and love the blogs
 

Good Morning ,

just need a luttle advice , as about to embark on a round Africa, in June/July 2014 .
I'll be travelling solo, probably spend 4-6 weeks in Europe, then down to Morocco.
Dont wnat to plan any definite schedule, as defeats the logic of my 12-18 month advenrure. I intend to ad-lib it, and take day by day, country by country.
Reading your fantastic blog, leads me to ask, if tehers anything you would have done different, and anything to consider ?
Ill be travelling in a 1998 Defender 100 csw
ground tent, and totally care-free.

I did spend about 20 years growing up in Southern Africa, so used to road-blocks, military etc

Regards
Josh 51 yrs old

Here had severall people did some posts inside of this thread who also write a blog..It would be helpful to know -which blog do you mean?

Looks like you have plenty of time for your trip :-)

Surfy

Hi Charlie,

How are you doing?
You got the Cameroon visa right at the border or in Calabar?

Cheers from Nigeria,

Gee

We got it right on the border. It seemed to be at their discretion so not a certain outcome... an element of risk... but good enough for us. Once the stamp was in our passports we waited to hear the price but no one asked for money! We didn't hang around to check!!
I'll be back in Brazzaville 23 May... will you be heading that way?
Charlie

Thanks for the info Charlie, good to know there's a potential back-up at the end of the line... I'll keep looking around in the cities on the way there.

Hey Josh, great to hear your suiting up to come and join us! The only thing I wish I'd been told before I got here was that MasterCard isn't accepted anywhere. Get a Visa card before you come to avoid a rude shock!

Hi guys.

So the details of how my passport went missing from the Benin embassy in Accra... Basically, I hand over visa forms with passport, go back 2 hours later to collect visa and they ask me why I didn't give them my passport...

After a lot of :censored: they think that someone else who came to get a visa has picked up my passport from the table. Before this happened they used to stack the passports with visa forms on the table where members of the public could sit. I remember there was an East Asian guy sat next to the passport stack whilst I was in there. The office has now been moved around.

Ridiculous.

They've reimbursed for the visas that I now have to get again and also for my replacement passport. Its proving an absolute ballache to get a replacement passport from the UK though. Its been 5 weeks since it went missing and it will be at least another 4 until everything is sorted and I can set off again.

Annoying.

Anyway, when are you thinking of crossing Nigeria, Spooka? I was planning on getting my visa for Cameroon in Calabar. I don't really want to go to Abuja. Does anyone have any recent experience of getting the Cameroon visa in Calabar?

Cheers,

Liam and c90 around the World

Hi Charlie,

I was turned back by the Nigerian immigration. No possibility whatsoever for a transit. They would stamp me out, but I would only be sent back. Couldn't take that risk of course. So went to the Afi Drill ranch to relax for a few days, and then to Calabar for the visa. The days in the Afi Mountains were fabulous, btw!

Cheers from Calabar, Nigeria,

Gee

Liam mate, that's a nightmare! Hope you get your passport soon and can join us back on the road! I'm in Lome today. I just got freshly knocked back by the Angola Embassy for a visa, took me a long time to understand "you need to live in Togo for 6 months" in French... I'm about to go and have a crack at Gabon, if I can find it. Am I the only one who thinks that finding embassies is a bit of a crapshoot?

Thanks for the update Gee, very useful information indeed! Please let us all know how things go in Calabar, I've got my fingers crossed for you mate.

Cheers,
Spook

Gee

The Afi Mountains look wonderful (via a spot of Google tourism!)... great to hear you could spend time there. I sense that the second part of my trip (from Brazzaville all the way south and then up the east side) will include a bit more 'appreciation'.

Although we missed out on Afi, the trip through northern Cameroon introduced a whole new world of thick forests and hills and wildlife... which continued through much of Gabon and Congo. It made most of the preceding countries drab by comparison.

Good luck in Calabar and take care. I'm not sure how restful life is in that corner of Nigeria!

Charlie

when I did my planning for Africa trip I asked the UK passport office for a 2nd passport and explained that travelling through Africa was sometimes a bureaucratic nightmare (they agreed) and was issued with a 2nd passport. That is now after 4 years of travelling nearly full even though I asked for a 42 page one. I always travel only one and keep the other as a back up.

Liam,

Sorry to hear about your passport. I'm in Abidjan now, and hopefully by the end of tomorrow should have the Cameroon and Nigerian visas wrapped up, so then all I need is Togo and Benin to get to Cameroon, and will sort the rest once I get to Ghana/Togo.

My plan is to be in Accra by end of April and likely to leave mid May ish, would be happy to meet anyone for crossing Nigeria mid to end of May.

Interested in Kinshasa - Lubumbashi, but not sure it's possible to do it unsupported (by 4x4) on bikes. Got some 10L bladders coming which will take my capacity to 46L!!! but then I'll be so heavy the bike won't be capable off road. Keep in touch with any research you have about the route.

Cheers,

Thanks Jaybee.

What sort of bike do you have? I would say that its very possible to do Kinshasa-Lubumbashi on most types of bikes. I'm kind of thinking that the bigger the bike the more difficult it might be. I think lighter might be better. I'm going to give it a go on my Honda c90 anyway!

I know of a few people who have done it unsupported. There was even an English girl who did it on a bicycle on her own in 2011 - was completely fine.

I may have my passport here in around 2 weeks hopefully so I might be ready to leave Accra in 3, maybe.

I'm aiming to get both Congo visas in Lome (if I can replenish my Nigerian visa here in Accra) and then I'll be set to cross Nigeria.

Let me know if you're around then and want to go through Nigeria with someone. I'd be up for it.

All the best.

Hi Charlie,
I met Francis and Steven and travelled with them yesterday. I think you met them both.
I am in Bitam after crossing the border this morning. Which hotel did you stay here?
I am heading towards Brazza, and will stay some days at Hippocamp. After that DRC and Angola. Have to be in Namibia by the 31st of May, because my daughter is arriving then.

Cheers from Bitam, Gabon,

Gee

In Bitam we stayed in the L'Horizon Motel... not great/fairly terrible but cheap. One day south of Bitam we camped next to the Ogooue River not far from Ndjole... it was at the end of a logging track and very beautiful. I may have the coords if useful.

I'll be leaving Brazza, heading south, around 24-25th May which makes me think I'll be about 10 days behind you at that stage.

Charlie

Hi guys, hope all your travels are going well, wish i was out there with you.
Any one doing the garden route in SA, get hold of me if you need a place to stay in Durban.
Cheers
JC