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Sao Tomé is famous for having the least bitter cocoa in the World and some really good coffee so a visit to the island is not complete unless you have at least had a taste of it. Coffee beans drying in Monte Café One of the best places to get an understanding of the production of coffee is in the small mountain village called Monte Café where there is a...Read More

Horacio Island behind Sofitel in Sipopo In Equatorial Guinea you need, in addition to your visa, a permit (which looks like this) to take pictures in the country. As soon as I got this, I set off on a trip around the island which took two days. First off we drove to Sipopo, a small village outside Malabo where known for its cocoa plantation that is no longer in use....Read More

I had been unknowingly lucky to arrive in the turtle season between november and february where gigantic leatherback turtles were coming up every night to lay their eggs. I got in touch with Miguel from Enohatours who said he could take me for cheap, so we packed up a tent, sleeping mat and headlamp and made our way down to the Southern part of the island. Miguel had just started...Read More

Malabo is this weird, fantastic place that reminds me of a mix of Kigali, Ashgabat and Luanda at the same time. Just like the last two countries mentioned, Equatorial Guinea has been one of the hardest visas for me to get, so I was so glad to finally be here. Before arriving I had so low expectations of the place. Multiple people who had visited every country previously had said...Read More

Ive possibly found the weirdest place in the World; the National Part of Equatorial Guinea, located in the new capital, Malabo 2. The park is absolutely gigantic, but still super well kept and clean, just like the rest of the capital. Possibly beacsue of the around fifty people working there with watering, gardening, in restaurants and fun paek carousell rides. Even with all of this maintenance and the low cost...Read More