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- The rainy Rif
- Between red tracks and dark skies
- Rain for Sierra Leone
- The waterlogged roads to Tiwai Island
- The rainy season in Sierra Leone
- For a swim in the open pit of the Bomi blue lake
- Into Gabon, the Woleu-Ntem
- First steps in Congo
- Beautiful Huíla and Southern Angola
- Cunene, the last province of Angola
- Ovamboland, the boring road
- The D707, a fashionable notion of remoteness
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The D707, a fashionable notion of remoteness
Posted on January 27, 2015 | 13 Comments In Namibia more than in any other country, my first thought, as soon as I get out of the tent, is to squeeze my tires. And this morning again, my […] Ovamboland, the boring road
Posted on May 26, 2014 | 5 Comments More than half of the entire Namibian population lives in Ovamboland, on just 6% of the territory. The Ovambo are by far the country’s largest ethnic group, and the term […] Cunene, the last province of Angola
Posted on May 17, 2014 | 2 Comments What will the dirt road look like after all the rain? Lightnings struck almost all night long. It was one of the most violent weather I have seen on my […] Beautiful Huíla and Southern Angola
Posted on May 14, 2014 | 1 Comment A mob of youngsters arresting me? That’s what’s happening for the same usual silly reason: the obsession with the control of papers of anyone in Angola. My shortcut […] First steps in Congo
Posted on February 16, 2014 | No Comments 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 […] Into Gabon, the Woleu-Ntem
Posted on January 29, 2014 | 2 Comments 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 […] For a swim in the open pit of the Bomi blue lake
Posted on September 8, 2013 | 8 Comments Janjay 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 […] The rainy season in Sierra Leone
Posted on September 2, 2013 | 4 Comments After 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 […] The waterlogged roads to Tiwai Island
Posted on August 28, 2013 | 3 Comments Today is the day we start on the supposedly bad roads. There is no more tar from Bandajuma until the Liberian border and I hope the rain didn’t ruin the […] Rain for Sierra Leone
Posted on August 10, 2013 | No Comments I have to wait until 11 am for the rain to stop in order to leave Farmoriah and Guinea. I have only 10 km left to the Sierra Leonean border […] Between red tracks and dark skies
Posted on July 31, 2013 | 4 Comments My legs are weak from the morning already. It didn’t happen for a long time, and I just had small and gentle hills between 100 m and 300 m yesterday. […] The rainy Rif
Posted on January 31, 2013 | 5 Comments After five days spent in Tétouan, mostly using the internet I didn’t use during the past two weeks, and strolling in the nice medina that I started to know quite well, it […]
List of posts
The D707, a fashionable notion of remoteness
Posted on January 27, 2015 | 13 CommentsIn Namibia more than in any other country, my first thought, as soon as I get out of the tent, is to squeeze my tires. And this morning again, my […]Ovamboland, the boring road
Posted on May 26, 2014 | 5 CommentsMore than half of the entire Namibian population lives in Ovamboland, on just 6% of the territory. The Ovambo are by far the country’s largest ethnic group, and the term […]Cunene, the last province of Angola
Posted on May 17, 2014 | 2 CommentsWhat will the dirt road look like after all the rain? Lightnings struck almost all night long. It was one of the most violent weather I have seen on my […]Beautiful Huíla and Southern Angola
Posted on May 14, 2014 | 1 CommentA mob of youngsters arresting me? That’s what’s happening for the same usual silly reason: the obsession with the control of papers of anyone in Angola. My shortcut […]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 […]Into Gabon, the Woleu-Ntem
Posted on January 29, 2014 | 2 CommentsGabon 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 […]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 […]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 […]The waterlogged roads to Tiwai Island
Posted on August 28, 2013 | 3 CommentsToday is the day we start on the supposedly bad roads. There is no more tar from Bandajuma until the Liberian border and I hope the rain didn’t ruin the […]Rain for Sierra Leone
Posted on August 10, 2013 | No CommentsI have to wait until 11 am for the rain to stop in order to leave Farmoriah and Guinea. I have only 10 km left to the Sierra Leonean border […]Between red tracks and dark skies
Posted on July 31, 2013 | 4 CommentsMy legs are weak from the morning already. It didn’t happen for a long time, and I just had small and gentle hills between 100 m and 300 m yesterday. […]The rainy Rif
Posted on January 31, 2013 | 5 CommentsAfter five days spent in Tétouan, mostly using the internet I didn’t use during the past two weeks, and strolling in the nice medina that I started to know quite well, it […]