N’zoo Boarder to Douékoué Danané, Bureau des Douanes: We are supposed to get a vignette touristique for the motorbikes. After some discussion among the customs officers, they decide we don’t need it for motorbikes. And they send us on. Please keep your fingers crossed that they are doing this out of conviction and knowledge, and …
Boarder to Koundara Welcome to Koundara in Guinea. We made it, despite some small issues (like a number twister of the passport number on the visa application … Tutle instead of Butle … I was close to call the Commisioner, when the police officer in attitude if a teacher to the caught guilty pupil said …
On the relatively short route into Senegal we were checked so often that we almost crossed the Gambian border in Sabi without stopping. Albrin suddenly turns right to a building that says Entry/Entré and Exit/Départ. We had already passed customs. So we turn around and drive back to customs, where the customs officer looks at …
Boarder to Sukuta Camp “Yippieh!”, Herr Maus is saying. “I am in Gambia, and it really was a smooth process. No issues with the senegalese Passavant to stay valid for the return to Sénégal after the stay in Gambia. Business as usual, as every stamp is payed … on either side. What I find interesting …
Boarder to St Louis The bridge over the Senegal river. We have crossed the border, all papers in order! Welcome to Senegal!… – Wig überqueren die Brücke über den Senegalfluß. Alle Papiere sind in Ordnung! Willkommen im Senegal! Herr Maus is arriving in Senegal … – Herr Maus hat es auch bis in den Senegal …
Boarder to Noudadhibou The border. Fuel stations (we are filling up, Albrin is meeting some Cycle), service booths, trucks queueing, street narrowing, a portal, border control in Morocco. Business as usual: Ineffective, zig-zag process, police – passport, customs – vehicle documents, stamps all over the place, zig-zag, another stamp prior to the next one. What’s …
Boarder of Morocco “We will exchange money and buy a SIM card to connect to the internet”, Albrin said. I smiled at him and replied ironically: “The border will be totally clean, everything well organized. Passport control on the left, Customs on the right, a bank, a small grocery store and Telecom Maroc directly next …
Barcelona Welcome to your room’ said the picture Luna created for us. We have had a warm welcome at Ales’ and Pablos’ house. The hills covered by forest, the terrace offered a perfect view to watch the sunset. A great place to be. I created Empanadas and Ale showed me how to close them accurately. …
La Mon. A.* Lisa We arrived safely in France and stayed with this lovely family. It was a simple wish: We wanted to see Mona Lisa at the Museum Louvre. What sounded so easy turned to an adventure.Getting in was easy. We passed the endless queue of people. Albrin pushed Gilles in his wheelchair, I …
Zwei Träume werden wahr: Ein Ghanaer und ein Deutscher auf Motorrädern fahren durch West Afrika; von zu Hause in Deutschland, nach Hause in Ghana. English und Deutsch Prolog “There is nothing more abundant than time. It will always increase.” (African proverb) Her time on this earth just finished, while she was lying in my arms. My …
Cape Coast, Ghana, West Africa
