at guinea Conakry border was around 12.150km of my travel
I almost gave up writing. It is more easier not to write when travel. Travel is writing story it self.
My only only hope is you will find my writing interesting so hey ho I' am writing for you.
I was leaving Dakar on the 22 or 23 december - almost same time last year I was leaving Glasgow. Before I took off got more visas for Guinea Conakry - and Mali and Ivory Coast. I've made new subframe for old - BMW panniers. Lutz my dear Dakar friend helped me much and let me sleep in his place for almost 3 weeks and use all his tools. People are my type of travel and he was one of them who helped me much. Sometimes I wish I could paid him back. He helped me now and when I first time crossed Senegal and badly crashed my motorbike. I may not be able to paid him and all people back - but is good to know that world is full of people and some of them are your friends
On the first day of riding I had bad petrol tank leakage and glued it beside the road. Same day evening (15 min before border was closed) I entered Gambia. I was second time at this border. First half year ago where I was refused to enter (argument with border police). This time was widely open and I paid small for border customs for pasavant. I slept on the beach around 2km from city center of Banjul - it was safe and no money spend for sleeping, In the morning I went to see some traction but city - Banjul was very small. My idea for travel is mostly wild camping or cheap accommodation but I like eat one ‘’hot meal” a day, so I went to nice - european restaurant with free wi-fi. I slept in "About the time lodge" in my tent, in the morning I head to Senegal - Casmance - north part of senegal - border was easy and cheerful first zero stress border - I managed to go to Ziguinchor.
On the first day of riding I had bad petrol tank leakage and glued it beside the road. Same day evening (15 min before border was closed) I entered Gambia. I was second time at this border. First half year ago where I was refused to enter (argument with border police). This time was widely open and I paid small for border customs for pasavant. I slept on the beach around 2km from city center of Banjul - it was safe and no money spend for sleeping, In the morning I went to see some traction but city - Banjul was very small. My idea for travel is mostly wild camping or cheap accommodation but I like eat one ‘’hot meal” a day, so I went to nice - european restaurant with free wi-fi. I slept in "About the time lodge" in my tent, in the morning I head to Senegal - Casmance - north part of senegal - border was easy and cheerful first zero stress border - I managed to go to Ziguinchor.
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| Banjul Beach - cheap sleep! |
24 Dec - Christmas
In some reasons I would prefer go faster because this was 23 dec and I'd like to cross the border and have Xmas evening - 24 on the Guinea side. Road was bad and partly was under construction. Forest in Casamas was beautiful. I remember vividly that in Ziguinchor I was asking in the shop: if this is the only one road to Kolda - road was bad, I was raging for that fact the road was bad - but instantly I realized one good think for the rest of the travel:
to accept all unplanned happens during my travel.
in Other words: Don't blame anyone - it is you who decided go for travel.
Shortly after I was much happier to cross dusty road for that day.
I slept beside the lake 200meters form noisy Senegal village almost no sleep, because of religion preachers were played till morning. In the morning I took off for Kolda - unique and colorful town, full of people and the vehicle, - I had breakfast in the very African style “cafe”. I did refueling and head for the border(Senegal - Guinea) - around last 100km from the border was only sand roads and no signpost where to go. I stopped several times asking for direction,
Villages were made of clay house and it was like film.
to accept all unplanned happens during my travel.
in Other words: Don't blame anyone - it is you who decided go for travel.
Shortly after I was much happier to cross dusty road for that day.
I slept beside the lake 200meters form noisy Senegal village almost no sleep, because of religion preachers were played till morning. In the morning I took off for Kolda - unique and colorful town, full of people and the vehicle, - I had breakfast in the very African style “cafe”. I did refueling and head for the border(Senegal - Guinea) - around last 100km from the border was only sand roads and no signpost where to go. I stopped several times asking for direction,
Villages were made of clay house and it was like film.
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| Village at Senegal to Guinea border |
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| Those people have little, and no stress |
People there - in "no civilization" places were kind and happy seeing me. All of them were kin to take picture and small chat in my french-wollof language. My older brother from Poland call me and we had 15 min talk with the whole family - was gathering at their Xmas dinner - They sang christmas song in polish. I was much touched
I made Frontier-border - in some village sharp bend and and piece of wood across the road - this is the border
I made Frontier-border - in some village sharp bend and and piece of wood across the road - this is the border
- border was easy - next post (Guineas side) was 30km of sand road in good condition - I was fourth person crossing in the last 10 days as this was entered in the border entry book. No surprise - they took time to chat and very long process of document check - they did't know anything about pasavant so they send to see ''Duans" - customs in Kundara
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| first sleep in Guinea - Water mellon is waiting for my breakfast |
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