Hello eveyone,
just back from an 18.000 km trip from Holland to Calabar (Nigeria) and back and as said the Rosso border crossing is the worst by far, but I have a name to avoid at all costs, the biggest thief of all at the RIM side, he will be waiting outside the gate of the ferry compound
Brigadier-sergeant Diop (has official ID)
tell him he is on the net markerd as corrupt , hopefully it will scare him and his fellows a lot
I hope someone is goiing to use this name to clear things over there,
all other borders are courteous and relatively fast, no carnet needed anywhere
except to cross into Nigeria but we got in telling the border officials that since the Euro came in Europe, all carnets are vanished and only the "carte grise" is a valid document, keep the story up,pay nothing
border fees for a "laisser passez" is usually around 2000-5000 CFA (Euro 3 -7,5)
keep smiling, and do not look to hurried and things go more smoothly
Johan
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