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border-crossing Archive
![Summary – Visas for Africa 2013-2014 – West Coast countries No visa needed for Morocco, Senegal, Namibia and South Africa, 90 days allowed in each country. Visa for Mauritania: applied 14.01.2013 Rabat, […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/11/nigeria-safety-map-14-05-2013_cle0924ac-2-115x115.jpg?x73263 "Visas")
Visas
Posted on February 12, 2016 | No CommentsSummary – Visas for Africa 2013-2014 – West Coast countries No visa needed for Morocco, Senegal, Namibia and South Africa, 90 days allowed in each country. Visa for Mauritania: applied 14.01.2013 Rabat, […]![South Africa, my last country! I almost made it! I am only 700 km away from Cape Town, at the bottom of the continent. But let’s not celebrate yet, since […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2015/03/featured_SA-lastcountry-kamieskroon_6412-115x115.jpg?x73263 "Into South Africa, the last country")
Into South Africa, the last country
Posted on April 1, 2015 | 7 CommentsSouth Africa, my last country! I almost made it! I am only 700 km away from Cape Town, at the bottom of the continent. But let’s not celebrate yet, since […]![I was doing my business on a large rock this morning, with a view on the Ruacana dam lake, when a small crocodile ran past me! I must have surprised […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2014/05/featured-ruacana_1324-115x115.jpg?x73263 "Ruacana")
Ruacana
Posted on May 20, 2014 | 3 CommentsI was doing my business on a large rock this morning, with a view on the Ruacana dam lake, when a small crocodile ran past me! I must have surprised […]![This part of Africa on the Atlantic coast is quite tricky: between the southern parallels 5° and 6°, from Pointe-Noire (Congo) to Soyo (Angola), there are three border crossings within […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2014/03/featured-chata-cabinda-soyo_8547-115x115.jpg?x73263 "Congo – Cabinda – DRC – Angola, quite an adventure")
Congo – Cabinda – DRC – Angola, quite an adventure
Posted on March 26, 2014 | 13 CommentsThis part of Africa on the Atlantic coast is quite tricky: between the southern parallels 5° and 6°, from Pointe-Noire (Congo) to Soyo (Angola), there are three border crossings within […]![We leave Gabon without having seen any elephant, and with the hope of finding more food in Congo. The Gabonese immigration post is in Boumango, 17 kilometers before the real […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2014/02/featured-first-steps-congo_7518-115x115.jpg?x73263 "First steps in Congo")
First steps in Congo
Posted on February 16, 2014 | No CommentsWe leave Gabon without having seen any elephant, and with the hope of finding more food in Congo. The Gabonese immigration post is in Boumango, 17 kilometers before the real […]![Yaoundé makes a refreshing stop in Cameroon. Named after its German founder (Jaunde), the capital city spreads along the highway, from the north (presidential palace, embassy district), through the middle […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2014/01/featured-yaounde-DSC_5652-115x115.jpg?x73263 "Yaoundé and the South")
Yaoundé and the South
Posted on January 26, 2014 | 1 CommentYaoundé makes a refreshing stop in Cameroon. Named after its German founder (Jaunde), the capital city spreads along the highway, from the north (presidential palace, embassy district), through the middle […]![I am now well advanced through Nigeria, I went around the Delta region and I can aim for Calabar. I am no more an Oyihbo but an Oniotsha now, this […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/11/featured-calabar-3890-115x115.jpg?x73263 "Calabar, the gateway out of Nigeria")
Calabar, the gateway out of Nigeria
Posted on November 28, 2013 | 11 CommentsI am now well advanced through Nigeria, I went around the Delta region and I can aim for Calabar. I am no more an Oyihbo but an Oniotsha now, this […]![– “You won’t cycle 20 km in Nigeria before they attack you.” – “You plan to go camping there? Haha, they’ll find your body and sell your organs.” – “Don’t […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/11/featured-nigeria-to-go-or-not_3288-115x115.jpg?x73263 "Nigeria: to go or not to go")
Nigeria: to go or not to go
Posted on November 8, 2013 | 9 Comments– “You won’t cycle 20 km in Nigeria before they attack you.” – “You plan to go camping there? Haha, they’ll find your body and sell your organs.” – “Don’t […]![Waking up to a techno remix of Feliz Navidad / Merry Christmas song is not the best way to start a day. But François walks me to the exit of […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/10/featured-benin-entrance-DSC_2799-115x115.jpg?x73263 "Benin for culture and more bad roads")
Benin for culture and more bad roads
Posted on October 27, 2013 | 2 CommentsWaking up to a techno remix of Feliz Navidad / Merry Christmas song is not the best way to start a day. But François walks me to the exit of […]![How does a plate of beans with flour on top sound for breakfast? It is strange but good for a change. The morning is rainy again. I head north so […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/10/featured-togo-DSC_2714-115x115.jpg?x73263 "Togo")
Togo
Posted on October 24, 2013 | 3 CommentsHow does a plate of beans with flour on top sound for breakfast? It is strange but good for a change. The morning is rainy again. I head north so […]
