Even though we were just crossing the Democratic Republic of Congo as quickly as possible, before our Angola visas expired, it has been some of the most interesting driving days of our whole Trans- Africa trip. This is where our four wheel drive, ex military Bedford truck got to show what it was built for,...Read More
The Republic of Congo is a prime example of oil money gone wrong. Over 90% of the country’s export comes from oil, so with fluctuating oil prices the government budget can be high or low. In times when the oil price has been high, Brazzaville has hosted expensive events and festivals and undertaken big projects...Read More
Gabon is a country that has well exploited it’s oil reserves and is now about to run out of what has been it’s main export since the sixties. The father of the Ali Bongo, Omar, was Africa’s longest serving president for a whopping 47 years during which loads of over priced railways, and fancy buildings...Read More
Staying at a Presbyterian church for a week while waiting for our visas might sound like the safest and most boring part of our trip through West Africa, but in fact it was some of the most crazy days. From the days before one girl had caught a worm in her foot, one guy had...Read More
What I think are the most pretty African cities, are the ones where colonial buildings are still present, perhaps by some river or in another natural setting or just a city where people seem to have slowed down and enjoy their lives. Douala was none of those things. It was just a massive, busy business...Read More
Kribi is on the South West coast of Cameron and is a popular stop for people travelog through the country. Not only does it have Cameroons best beaches, but it also boasts of having Africa’s Only waterfall that runs straight into the ocean. We stayed at Tara plage, right on the beach and could walk...Read More
The road on the border between Nigeria and Cameroon were by far the worst roads we had encountered on our trip. Some places there was a meter of water, there were potholes everywhere and one place there were tens of trucks and cars waiting to pass stretches of muddy roads where people had been getting...Read More
