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Bogged down truck blocking the road, Congo Some serious off-road driving in Congo After the border at Ndendé the piste offers new off-road challenges: mud and very deep waterholes, filled to the brim after heavy rainfall. It’s impossible to know the depth of these holes, and in some of them...

Baby chimp. Afi Mountain Reserve, Niugeria In 2006 the BBC reported that Nigerian politicians had syphoned off or wasted $ 380 billion, more than the combined aid given to the whole of Africa in the last 40 years (from blog Indlovu). And it is with mixed feelings of anticipation that I leave...

Looking great! I will! Cheers from Benin City, Nigeria, Gee

Thanks! Cheers from Benin, Gee

Siësta, Grand Popo, Benin “Is this Nigeria?” From Big Milly’s in Accra it’s only a three to four hours drive to Lomé in Togo. Good roads, it’s Saturday so less traffic, and the Ghana-Togo border crossing should be a walk in the park! And with this mood I put Thimba in the front of the car...

Fishermen preparing their boat. Kokrobite, Ghana The veterinary inspector After spending some days at the beach at Ivory Coast’s Grand Bassam, near Abidjan, I headed for Ghana. The road from Grand Bassam is good with heavy traffic and suicidal drivers. I’m taking it easy and stay...

Thanks Kevin, London to Bangkok must be great adventure. Enjoy the preps! Ride safe, Gee

sunset at Robertsport, Liberia “Your driver’s license has expired!” Driving into Monrovia the next day to pick up my Ghana visa, I am stopped by a traffic policeman who wants to check my driver’s license. No problem. “Expired!”, he says. ”Impossible”, I answer. Wrong answer. At least...

After all the carnival festivities, which culminated in the big parade yesterday, the city is very quiet early in the morning at 7.30. I'm heading for the Fouta Djalon mountains, together with my German friends Max, Martin and Philipp in their beautiful Mitsubishi 4x4 campervan. The first part...

Hi, Did some bush camping, but accommodation is very cheap, and you get to meet people. Never felt vulnerable. Just spent 4 days in Freetown, and it felt really comfortable even in the slums! Cheers, Gee

One checkpoint gets really nasty, however. The "red-eyed team": you never know how they will react when they're on drugs!. It's five of them, and it's as if they're ticking the boxes: what can we find wrong? Have I got a fire extinguisher (I show them), Do my lights work (they do), what's in...

Tendaba Camp On the South Bank of the Gambian River, some 45 km. from Farafenni, is Tendaba Camp. A hunting camp in the 1970s it is now a regular tourist feature on the upriver schedules of boat and bus tours from the coast. Lonely Planet recommends taking one of the VIP rooms because of the...

There are so many checkpoints, I forget how many. Most of them very friendly. After the usual and mutual courtesies, I give them a homemade, preprinted fiche with all my personal and vehicle information and we wish each other a Bon Journée. Some ask for a petit cadeau. I can't help but laugh at...

Hi Buzz, Who knows. Have a great time preparing for the trip, it's half the fun! Cheers from Senegal! Gee

Thanks! Cheers, Gee

I met up with Manfred and Gaby, a German couple from Munich, on a campsite some 30 km. from Laayoune. I had first met them in Agdz during my two-month shakedown trip in Morocco. They have travelled extensively and are experienced desert rats. Since they had plans to return this January and do...

Hi, Well I must admit that it feels like I'm a very lucky bas***d :bounce: Happy trails to you all! Gee Africa overland 2014 Follow me on Facebook

Thanks for the info! Happy travels, Gee Africa overland 2014 Follow me on Facebook

She sure is! Cheers, Gee Africa overland 2014 Follow me on Facebook

Of a friendly taxi driver and lousy Land Rover service I'm trying to find my way in the hustle and bustle of Casablanca's insane traffic, looking for Salim on 625, Boulevard Mohammmed V. Salim is the dealer for Britpart in these neck of the woods, and Britpart in the UK has a gearbox ready to be...