Macclesfields Finest - Africa Overland

Despite Brunos hospitality I was slightly suspiscous of his insistance to come to the airport with me. We arranged to meet at 7, and by 6 (not 4 Jack) I had already snuck out of the hotel. I didn’t want any new surprise immigration taxes sprung on me. I decided to […]

I waited through one more day of more false promises from my friends at immigration. The next morning I decided to abandon the truck idea and managed to find an ‘express taxi’ to the Port, thereby sneaking out again. Luckily the port is miles from the truck stop so no chance […]

The next morning I did as I was told and waited around the hotel for the Immigration guys to turn up. By about midday they hadn’t arrived so I went out to search for breakfast. The hotel is in a pretty boring area on the main street out of town and so […]

As planned I was round at Uncles house for 8, I waited there until 9:30 until he was ready, then we caught a taxi to Brazzaville Beach. Uncle led me through the formalities for exiting the Republic of Congo which proved to be painless, and brought a ticket for the first boat […]