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Archive for September, 2013
Cocoa and koutoukou, the assets of Ivory Coast
Posted on September 29, 2013 | 1 CommentIn Blizreu, alcohol is part of our breakfast and the kids enjoy it too. After Sy, the school principal, and his family have offered us fufu, the old Samuel takes […]Northern Liberia
Posted on September 26, 2013 | 3 CommentsRoy sends us off with a big bag of UN food from the neighbors, that looks very useful, with many goodies independently packaged. We can pursue our road up to […]14000 KM !
Posted on September 22, 2013 | No CommentsLake Volta is one of the largest man-made lakes in the world, and I reached yesterday 14000 km near the Akosombo dam which harnesses the Volta river. I am now […]A journey through rubber trees
Posted on September 22, 2013 | 3 CommentsWe quit Monrovia once we leave 20 USD to the immigration bureau, for what feels like an extorted extension of our 3-month visa, happening according to mysterious rules. Monrovia is […]Ducor and Africa, the hotels of Monrovia
Posted on September 16, 2013 | 16 CommentsMonrovia, and Liberia in general, is not an obvious choice when it comes to tourist destinations. But it doesn’t matter, since one of the things I like to do is […]Monrovia
Posted on September 14, 2013 | No CommentsWe stayed for the weekend at the convent in Monrovia, to rest after our adventures in the bush between Freetown and the Liberian capital. Katie and Guillaume took me to […]For a swim in the open pit of the Bomi blue lake
Posted on September 8, 2013 | 8 CommentsJanjay admits it now. While we are having breakfast on the shores of Lake Piso, watching the army of hermit crabs laying at the bottom of the clear waters, he […]Robertsport, navigating through Liberia
Posted on September 6, 2013 | No CommentsOnce in Liberia, we quickly forget about the troubles we had exiting Sierra Leone: the first immigration post, just after the bridge over the Mano river, is quite cool. “Welcome […]The rainy season in Sierra Leone
Posted on September 2, 2013 | 4 CommentsAfter having been blessed with well-behaved clouds for the three days that followed our departure from Freetown, the rain finally seems to catch up. We had a bit of it […]