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Great ideas! We’re heading for some dicey drivingover the next fee days, I’ll try them out.

Ghana - part 1 Nzulezo, traditional stilt built village on the water Our entry to Ghana was rough and we were not feeling the love. Customs officials gave us a huge runaround and delayed us at the border for 26 hours as we did not have a Carnet de Passage for the truck. This CdP is...

Thats a great idea! I’ll give that a try, thanks!

Côte d'Ivoire Beautiful beach camp at Sassandra - Anunu-Eco After the warm hugs from Sierra Leone and Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire felt like the cold shoulder. The people were more reserved, often offended that we didn’t speak French (we really try but it is horrific, even when we know the word...

Well thank you! Being not a “techy” doing these posts is not simple for us but we hope it inspires other people. Statistically, I think its safer here than in the bigger cities in the USA. We try to avoid notably bad areas. Yes, weve been very impressed with our Tacoma overweighed...

Sure thing. Our rule is basically not to pay. But we treat the people with respect, and are very friendly. First thing we do is to say hello and ask how their day has been going. As we drive up to the stop we have open in my wife’s lap a folder with all of our papers (copy of passport, visa...

Thats for sure! Traveling here is anything but ordinary

Liberia Heading into the mountainous area of Liberia Crossing the bridge over the Mano River, which forms the border between Sierra Leone and Liberia Liberia’s history is tightly intertwined with the United States– all the people we talked to felt a connection to the US. They were saddened...

I wouldn't worry to much about the weight, it's looks like it's been properly built out. We've got 85,000 miles on our semi-permanently mounted camper with it weighing 700 lbs more. We've had basically no problems despite living in it full-time

Sierra Leone Chimpanzee at the Tacugam Sanctuary in Sierra Leone It is fascinating to us how we can almost always sense a difference the instant we cross a border from one country to the next. From the moment we reached the Sierra Leone border we felt an extra dose of warmth and welcome...

Sierra Leone Chimpanzee at the Tacugam Sanctuary in Sierra Leone It is fascinating to us how we can almost always sense a difference the instant we cross a border from one country to the next. From the moment we reached the Sierra Leone border we felt an extra dose of warmth and welcome...

Guinea - Conakry Time to move on to another country, from Portugese Guinea-Bissau to French Guinea Conakry. We had thought the border crossing from Senegal to Guinea-Bissau was remote but it was nothing compared to the one from Guinea-Bissau to Guinea Conakry! Guinea-Bissau border side...

Thanks! West Africa definitely has its absolutely crazy swings from wonderful highs from the smiles here to the lows of dealing with the crazy government bureaucracies. We had a great time at Zebrabar, wonderful knowing that once on a while, you can count on a safe place to roll into after a...

Guinea-Bissau Dugout canoe in progress in the jungle A small country, Guinea-Bissau still made a huge impression on us. Once again we felt the immediate cultural shift as we crossed the border. People lived in more traditional settings, villages were smaller with houses lined up along the...

The Gambia

Senegal An amazing warm welcome in the village of Galoya, The Gambia with the Wide Open Walls project We could feel the cultural shift in Senegal as soon as we entered, as a marked contrast to Mauritania. The country felt more populated, and more light hearted. The sands gave way to active...

Thank you. Our 4 wheel camper Fleet model pops up roughly 31”

Mauritania Wild camping along the coast in Banc d’Arguin National Park As soon as we entered Mauritania we could feel the difference between it and its neighbor, Morocco. The houses became simpler and the small villages felt like sites of a perennial battle between the people and the sands...

Thank you. We really enjoyed Marrakesh. It's a great way to safely experience a widely different culture

Morocco - part 2 Highlights: Aït Benhaddou - wandering through this historic fortified village along the old caravan route After relaxing at the beach it was time to head to our next big city- magical Marrakesh. Just the name conjured up so much mystique for us. But also a cloud of danger-...