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Libreville – Departure and Ride (crawl) to Oyem
35 hours, 30 minutes, 400 kilometers (240 miles) N5 “Highway”? Let’s just say bragging rights for life. Trucks have a hard time. Daily Diary So innocent and upbeat. So unprepared for what was about to come. Switching Over to the N5 Not a big surprise, but it turned to mud. Light mud, but mud. I…
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Libreville – My Week in Town
Another country, another visa. As much as I tried to prepare everything for this excursion, some things are a little more fluid than I expected. Western Union, anyone? So, looking at this map you might think there are plenty of places to pick up cash, right? Wrong. 100% of the places on google maps are…
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Tchibanga – Departure and Ride to Libreville
9 hours, 30 minutes, 600 kilometers (300 miles) Daily Diary Back Where I came From – Again Yeah, I rode through the darkness to get to Tchibanga. At least I had some idea of what the road conditions were – even if I could barely see them in the dark. Get Gas & Get Out…
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Tchibanga – Arrival
Sore. All over. The ride in last night was rough, but at least I knew what I was up against on my way out since I had to backtrack about 80 miles. Room With a View Well, not really. At least I could see (and smell) my bike from my balcony. The hotel was really…
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Brazzaville – Departure and Ride to Tchibanga
14 hours, 30 minutes, 700 kilometers (420 miles) National highway my ass. And another thing, my GPS was always putting my about 1000 meters northwest. Daily Diary You see that guy? The clean one with a smile on his face? Ride Out Well, I stupidly followed google, which would have had me take the dirt…
