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Old 21 Jun 2010
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I read Motango talk about no need for a carnet in Ghana.

There it depends on where you wan't to enter - which borderpost. The one on the main Ouaga-Accra has it's own counter where they issue some kind of Laissez-passez for about 20 Cedi (that was late 2008). We tried to enter at the Hamale-border, took us a whole day and in the end the sent us back to Burkina. At the Leo-border also not possible.

But . . . if you really HAVE to enter at one of these two, tell them that you're going to leave at their border again. That way they think they don't run the risk of getting into trouble.

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PS. that was by car, i could imagine that on a bike it might be easier. We crossed Mauretania, Senegal, Mali, Burkina, Togo, Benin without carnet - starting from nigeria all the way down to SA we used a carnet.
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Hi everybody!

Great thread - very lively and packed with useful personal experiences on the whole "to carnet or not to carnet" issue.

For me, given the expense involved in getting one (especially for a 4wd), it's tempting to just forget it and "wing it" along the way. However, research into potential costs of TIPs and other border costs seems to suggest that this could be as costly, if not more so.

So I guess it just comes down to personal preference in the end. Whichever way you look at it, travelling with a vehicle across Africa is a pricey undertaking so I've resigned myself to the fact that I will bankrupt myself doing it, whichever course of action I take!

Jeanie
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Is this not a case of 99.9% of the time you dont need one (getting away with it) but if your there on the wrong day at the wrong time with the wrong boarder guard ...... your in the brown stuff?

Politics plays a large part in who gets away with it.

I would go without one but understand that i may have to re-route/plan for the Africa effect :confused1:

You pays your money ... or not

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