Munich to Cape Town
Entering Namibia was easy and pain free, without unnecessary bureaucracy, we had to fill out a form, scan our fingerprints and then we got the passports stamped and ready to go. The whole process took 10 minutes in total and was very different from what we had been used to for the past months. Right … Continue reading The final strech
The day after, we arrived early at the roadside garage, as usual, and found our car in good condition with the gearbox in order again. A relief, but now we had to try and sell the car, maybe pay import taxes and god knows what, so it still seemed a bit difficult. When he arrived, … Continue reading The solution
We managed to drive 62 kilometers into Angola before the inevitable happened. In the outskirts of the town, Mbanza Kongo our car met the wall with a loud noise and the reluctance to drive a single meter further. It sounded like it came from gearbox so we pulled over to the side of the road … Continue reading Our car broke down…
Leaving Cabinda it is clear to see that the Angolans really like to show off. Cabinda is this tiny piece of land between the two Congo’s and it is rich in oil, it is also an Angolan province which I think the Angolans like to point out. Both borders we crossed, in and out of … Continue reading Democratic Republic of Congo
After the usual immigration procedure, we asked the police officers if we could stay the night at the border and they didn’t mind that at all, in fact I think that they thought it was pretty cool that we wanted to sleep there. The border had a bar, of course, where all the police officers … Continue reading A long stay in Pointe Noire
Entering Gabon was actually quite nice. The border was very small and simple, but clean and looked good unlike some of the other borders that we had encountered. The only drawback was the officers that worked there and the bureaucracy of the country. We had to write down our entire travel route through the country … Continue reading Equator crossing
The following morning, having spent the night at a nearby hotel, we payed the military guards that had looked after our car, got our papers stamped in customs and were soon on our way. After driving for some hours and climbing to over a thousand meters in altitude we got car problems. We first noticed … Continue reading Champagne lunches
We were up before the sun on the day of entering Nigeria. This allowed us to eat breakfeast before the sun rose, wasting no sunlight and getting as far as possible into the country that day. The plan was originally to reach Benin City on our first day in Nigeria, but we wouldn’t make it … Continue reading Nigeria, the scariest country yet
Entering Togo was straight forward and easy enough, except for the the amount of people there. The place was crowded with annoying fixers that never gave up trying to help us. Unlike other bordercrossings, telling them that we don’t need help did not help. We finally managed to explain that they were wasting their time … Continue reading Vodoomarkets and beaches
Entering Ghana, the immigration office was properly laid out and far more developed than what we had seen before, making it an easy process getting into the country. Since we arrived quite late we ended up driving only 50km or so into the country before staying the night at a hotel. The next morning we … Continue reading Two nights of luxury