My favorite countries have been ones in which I could cycle from stunning mountains to never-ending deserts. It sounds like Morocco and Namibia. I liked Angola a lot too. But […]
The French consul takes us to the consulate of Congo in Franceville, and applying for a visa when he sits next to us becomes much easier: the usual requirements and […]
The bees are absolutely everywhere. It is with good reason that the rainforest is called until Lastoursville “la forêt des abeilles”, the forest of the bees. They stick to my […]
The inhabitants of Junkville didn’t spell a cast on us, and I didn’t hear a single story about “taper le diable”. The devil may be invisible, but the chief Daniel […]
“Watch out for the logging trucks!“. Logging trucks seem to be the only danger in Gabon, and we were warned against them several times. The “grumiers” carry the timber (les […]
Gabon uses the CFA Franc, a currency to which I am well accustomed after visiting all the West African countries on the Atlantic coast. It is very useful to compare […]
Right in the middle of the jungle of Gabon, the counter is now at 18000 kilometers. Where we left this morning, a village of 2 inhabitants, the previous village with […]
I am now upside down! Gabon is so far intriguing. The country is relatively rich, it exports lots of wood and petrol but produces nothing else. It seems all […]