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Benin City – Departure and Ride to, well, Benin (Cotonou)
10 hours, 30 minutes (google doesn’t know shit about border crossings), 500 kilometers (300 miles) Daily Diary Why not Lagos (Laahgos or LaDizzy, please)? Well, let’s just start with the fact that I already got clipped in a town 50x smaller than Lagos, and rode through a mess of a town 10x smaller than Lagos,…
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Ikom – Departure and Ride to Benin City
8 hours, 30 minutes, 500 kilometers (300 miles) “Driving through Nigeria is like a Mad Max Film” That’s what Matthew told me the night before. I had no idea how accurate this would turn out to be. Daily Diary Leaving Ikom I’ll just never understand why everyone in this country is in such a hurry…
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Benin City – Arrival
Ok, so it’s been a long time since my last post. I really didn’t have an internet connection capable of uploading anything until just now and my stupid website ran out of storage due to all the videos…apologies! Better? As with all places, you never know what you’re going to end up with when you…
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Ikom – Arrival
Still Pissed Off Hard to get over this one since my bike is now experiencing issues. The ABS, DTC and cruise control are not working, and the bike does not turn off automatically. There’s either something wrong with the front brake caliper causing ABS/DTC issue, or the computer is fucked. For a couple of short…
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Douala – Departure and Ride to Enugu, well Ikom…
8 hours, 400 kilometers (240 miles) Daily Diary Life in Douala I really enjoyed my time in Douala. As the largest city in Cameroon, it really had a lot to offer and the hotel I stayed at was fantastic. Nice little pool to cool off no matter when because it was always hot and humid.…
