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Old 26 Feb 2006
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Morocco to Nigeria
Has anyone ridden from Morroco to Nigeria using roads and not piste? I don't want to get into sand, or wet mud. hoping that i can stay on pavement or gravel. Safety is also a concern.
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If you went down the west coast on the Atlantic route, now that there is a new road built through Mauritania you could get all the way to Nigeria on tarmac.
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Well,Toby2, after replying to your other great answer i realize that my home address is given as in the states. Yes they do get news there. No, I don't live there. We are in a smaller city in Korea. Most of the news I get is about asia. Thank you again for making our trip easier.
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If you went down the west coast on the Atlantic route, now that there is a new road built through Mauritania you could get all the way to Nigeria on tarmac.
Can u lay out the route for me?? I'm heading that way in May -06
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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="">quote:</font><HR><font face="" size="2">Originally posted by Toby2:
If you went down the west coast on the Atlantic route, now that there is a new road built through Mauritania you could get all the way to Nigeria on tarmac.


Can u lay out the route for me?? I'm heading that way in May -06</font><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

It's all on the HUBB- have a look. For someone heading that way in May, you may be a little bit unprepared?

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Basically follow the coastal countries. Only problem with this route is that whilst there should be tarmac roads all the way, you have to cross countries such as Ivory Coast. Great country but not in a particularly stable or secure situation at the moment. I would be inclined to try and cutup into Mali - even if you have to do a bit on the dirt it shouldn't be that major and then go through Burkina Fasu in to Ghana. Should be a safer route. Recent comments by other travellers re Ivory coast suggest its may be worth avoiding.
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Basically follow the coastal countries. Only problem with this route is that whilst there should be tarmac roads all the way, you have to cross countries such as Ivory Coast. Great country but not in a particularly stable or secure situation at the moment. I would be inclined to try and cutup into Mali - even if you have to do a bit on the dirt it shouldn't be that major and then go through Burkina Fasu in to Ghana. Should be a safer route. Recent comments by other travellers re Ivory coast suggest its may be worth avoiding.
Thanks for info. Several African countries require Yellow Fever and Cholera vaccinations. Do you generally have to show proof of this at border crossings? (CDC says that Cholera vaccination not required anywhere in the world now-a-days)
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Top of my head think it was either Ivory coast or Ghana that required it. If you don't have it they can give it but quite concerned about their needle supply. Suggest its worth having and taking along the paperwork showing you have had it rather than been faced with the potential dilema of being refused entry or having to have an injection with one of their needles. Sods law says that if you do have it, no one will check but it if you don't, it will be an issue. Should qualify this with our trip was three years ago, things may have changed and we went Mauritania, Mali, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Burkina Fasu, Niger, Chad, (therefore don't know about Guinea, Senegal, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, etc).

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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Toby2:
Thanks again for info - addvise.In the New Orleans area they charge US$137.00 for a Y F shot but I'll get one anyway. My friend in Brazil got it for free.
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Yes, you need it(YF)for Ghana; they frequently ask me while I'm getting into the country. As for Cholera: it seems that the medical world moves faster than the douanes. The medical world knows the vaccination doesn't work, but some douane still ask for it and might give you a hard time. I go to a friendly clinic where they always give me the stamp without the shot. It's been some time though and it seems like these days the douanes have also gotten the message.
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Interesting reading this topic, call me mad if you like but is is possible to take a twin caravan right to SA, about 15 years back when I was working in SA I saw a whole convoy of dutch and germans do the trip into SA, my only problem is I dont have a 4x4, I also believe nothing is impossible, call me mad, call me what you want but I want to do it, is it more difficult to go through African countries with a caravan, if anyone is going very soon let me know and I'll share my caravan with you.....
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