DRC Visa in Lome was really easy.

RoC Visa in Lome was even easier, except that the embassy is in the middle of nowhere. I'll try to dig up the coordinates when I have my hard drive plugged in.

Crossed into Nigeria at Lagos which wasn't as bad as you might expect. Only one immigration guy gave me a hard time for money and he settled pretty cheap after the other guys in the office made it clear that he was being unreasonable.

Driving through Nigeria was surprisingly easy and I had almost zero problems with roadblocks.

Cameroon was surprisingly easy to drive through also.

Get your Gabon visa at the border, it's super easy.

Gabon is absolutely beautiful to drive through. Great roads and amazing scenery all around.

RoC is absolutely miserable to drive through because the chinese road isn't finished yet and the path next to it is destroyed. Bring a 24 pack of coke with you and bribe the guys who guard the paved sections and use as much of it as you can. Seriously, the road next to it is horrific.

Under no circumstances should anyone ever try the border crossing from Mindouli to Luozi. I still don't know how I ever got through it without breaking every part of my suspension and resolve. Cross at Brazzaville/Kinshasha. Trust me.

Also never try the "road" that goes directly south from Kinshasa to Angola. It's not a road. I got to within about 15km of the border before I turned back. Trust me, go to Matadi, it's a great drive and reasonable border crossing. Except the customs guy is a complete dick, so be ready for that.

Driving through Angola is surprisingly easy. For some reason I was given a police escort at first, but I ditched them because they were slowing me down and I figured they'd want a lot of money at the end to boot. It was strange. Anyway, most of the roads are great and there are very few checkpoints.

Crossing into Namibia was one of the most amazing feelings I think I've ever had.

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