Hi all,

Just a quick real time update on the visa situation for Angola heading North to South.

We are two bikers looking for a 5 day transit visa. We went to Libreville, were denied despite having a letter of introduction and all the paper work. The comment when we said many people had gotten visas here 'white people?' and turns out only if you have a Gabon residents card.

Went to Congo Brazza and there it was possible, needed the letter of invitation and full docs, but allas our passports were down to only 3 pages and we were denied!!!! MAKE SURE YOU HAVE PLENTY OF PAGES BEFORE YOU SET OFF...Olivier at Hippocampe said that many people have been led along by the embassy with promises and bizarre denials so be warned, no cracks in the armour.

They recommended Matadi and off went. Matadi flatly refused our application without even looking at the passports and documents referring us to Kinshasa, which is where we are now...waiting until Tuesday morning to see if our applications have been accepted.

Will keep you posted, but the Angolan transit is proving a bit of an arse to get hold of North to South.

As always its an adventure, no matter how hard things get.
On we go.

Go see our friend Mikeys blog to get the full adventure update until Gabon...may he be speeding along up on some off-road cloud somewhere.
https://tinyurl.com/mikeyrose

Ride on Mikey Rose.
H