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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…
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Brazzaville – Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Another country, another challenge. Actually, the people at the Gabonese Embassy turned out to be the best – ever! Wednesday Got up early and walked to the embassy. All I needed that I didn’t have was a copy of my hotel booking and my Congo visa. Probably not getting copies here at the embassy 🙂…
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Brazzaville – Arrival
Someday countries in Africa will figure out how to assign street numbers. So, I arrived after dark. My favorite. Both google and booking.com could not identify the address. I tried each and drove in circles before finally contacting the host/manager, Mouinda…. Let’s just say I was on the other side of town – and Brazzaville…
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Pointe-Noire – Departure and Ride to Brazzaville
13 hours, 30 minutes, 550 kilometers (340 miles) I can see it, but I just can’t get there from here. I’m not complaining, but 90 minutes to go 300 meters? Google just wouldn’t shut the fuck up. Somewhere in the midst and the mist, I would lose my sense of reality. This map does nothing…
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Pointe-Noire – Arrival
Let’s just say the worst hotel. Ever. I’m actually speechless (wordless). I don’t really know how to describe it other than a halfway house or a room by the hour place? Generators Rule the Congo So, the power goes out all the time and the whole hotel also smells like diesel, but the worst part?…
