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Day 34: Near Death Experience
I arrived in Accra today, the capital city of Ghana. The route down was really nice with some lovely views, it was nice to see some hills, bends in the road,, banana trees and lush vegetation. I was regularly waved to a halt by friendly policemen (and women)…
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Day 33: Sleeping in a night club
I left my camp site today expecting dirt track roads all the way into town about 60km away. It was a nice surprise to find 1km later to be on good tarmac. Things got better as I started to feel better after a bad night. I think I…
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Day 32: Welcome to Ghana: That will be £740 Please Sir!!!
OK I will get it back as it is a deposit on a temporary import permit for the bike but it does mean a change in plan (again). I have to exit Ghana by the same border I entered to get my money back. On a brighter note…
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Day 31: Bobo SomeThingOrOther
Distance: 540Km Actually its Bobo Dioulasso, a town just inside the border between Mali and Burkino Faso. I am stopping here in a cheap hotel for the night ready to cross the border into Ghana tomorrow.
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Day 30: Bukina Faso Visa
I picked up my passport with a Burkina Faso visa in it today. There was a mild panic from the guy behind the counter when he could not find my passport. The lady who received it yesterday had put it between the pages of a book.
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Day 29: Ghana Visa
After two days of needing to stay near the small room and feeling tired, I was not looking forward to going out on the bike to collect my passport (and hopefully visa) from the Ghana embassy today. Especially after being told by several people and reading on the…