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Photo by Alessio Corradini, on the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia, of two locals

I haven't been everywhere...
but it's on my list!


Photo by Alessio Corradini,
on the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia,
of two locals



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Fyi: West coast route back to normal

Maybe this has been the case for a while but I just watched to a talk at the #ATFF by some guys who drove west side in 4 months UK to Zim this summer and fwiw, Covid passes were not an issue. Only at the Angola border did they have to 'buy' a negative test result (ie: no jab) for $15 but they got a free cholera thrown in!

Other than that, the usual visa dance. Cotonou seemed a good place to collect up to 5 visas.
https://mag.toyota.co.uk/land-cruise...y-to-zimbabwe/

As I understand it, currently east-side route remains blocked by Ethiopia (visas).
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Out of interest what is the best time of the year to be heading down the west side of Africa and how long at a steady pace to get to South Africa? I have been up the east in the past and 5 months worked well with time to stop and see some sights along the way.
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I would say not into the peak of the northern nor southern summers (+ whenever the equatorial wet season hits) but now that it is 95% sealed (if you want it to be) that's a bit less off an issue.
So leave Europe winter if going slow or early spring if going fast.
I would have thought at least 3 months
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That is bucket list stuff for me!

One day...one day...........


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