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 road to the N1. Stopped and made it change her mind.

Yes, I know, my microphone was outside my helmet. Grrrrrrr.

Back Where I Came From

Yes, so part of the ride was pretty much just going back down the N1 (the nice part) and then switching to the N3, which would switch back to the Gabonese N1. I didn’t know shit about the border crossing – and neither did anyone else in the world, so I figured it would be an adventure. My biggest concern was getting there before it closed. It all started out so nice.

I merged a bunch of videos for the true experience…

Exiting Congo

End of the road and just a couple of buildings.

By the time they were done, it was starting to get dark and the party was just getting started.

Entering Gabon

The Gabonese side was definitely more professional. They had uniforms on and even turned on the generator and lights for me!

The guy inside stamped my passport and sent me on my way.

Tchibanga Bound

Now that I was heading for the “improved” version of the N3, I had high hopes.

Yeah, those hopes were quickly dashed. Oh well, only 3 hours to Tchibanga?

There weren’t any other towns or anything along the way that had decent hotels. I also had read that the road was mostly paved, which was true, just that the unpaved parts were not a road at all.

Made it to the hotel. Too tired to take any photos. The hotel manager actually made the restaurant stay open for me and made me a pizza!

It was 10PM and I was done.

Shower time and get to bed. Had to get up at 8 to ride to Libreville.