A good pair of sandles, leather soles are best, but not worth paying £60 for them as within a year they will be toast and a pair of (darkish) goretec type trainers for border crossings, visa's, cold weather, serious walking and when you are invited to rich peoples places for cocktail parties ;-)
Shoes are best in towns - I took the top of my big toe off in Kayes from a random piece of metal sticking out of the concrete slabs I was walking on above the sewers etc
There is a kind of sandel/shoe adventure combi thing available in campings shops as well - protects your toes, but quite open etc
Don't forget socks as well - a pair of nice thick wooly ones for really cold weather and some really thin ones - 100% cotton! Despite looking silly (or 'pommie' as my Kiwi auntie calls it) I often wear think socks with my sandals when (alone!) in the bush - they save your feet from alot of abuse from prickly bits and bobs.
Most importently take foot powder as hot irritated feet will ruin the most beautiful of scenery on a long walk or make you very uncomfortable waiting for that visa...
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