Arrived in Burkina. The border crossing was easy, no bribes. Took around 1 hour in total. left the crossing quite late so arrived at Bobo-Dioulasso quite late. Stayed at Casa Africa - (N11 10.148 W4 18.708)
It has camping or rooms which are very cheap. It was still extremely hot and had the fan going full blast with very little effect..
Next day we got going again, towards Ouagadougo.
Decided to keep going past Ouagadougou as we are tired of cities. Thought we'd bush camp but found "Campement Weotenga" (N12 20.418 W0 54.579). Simone was feeling the heat and was not well, so we splashed out on a bungalow with aircon. Not cheap. 35 000 CFA for the night but the heat is bad so it was worth it..
It has camping or rooms which are very cheap. It was still extremely hot and had the fan going full blast with very little effect..
Next day we got going again, towards Ouagadougo.
Decided to keep going past Ouagadougou as we are tired of cities. Thought we'd bush camp but found "Campement Weotenga" (N12 20.418 W0 54.579). Simone was feeling the heat and was not well, so we splashed out on a bungalow with aircon. Not cheap. 35 000 CFA for the night but the heat is bad so it was worth it..
Left Burkina for Benin.
Northern Benin is amazing. Didnt get many photo's as we were too much in awe.
We didnt spend much time here though, and just camped in the bush at N9 45.497 E2 33.843. The ground was covered with scorpions though, so we were glad we didnt have a ground tent..
Next day we drove for Nigeria.
We decided to head to N'Dali then head east to Nikki and from there to Kaiama, via the Chikanda border post. This has been one of the highlights of the trip so far!
The road to Nikki is non-existent but is under construction by the Chinese.
Next day we drove for Nigeria.
We decided to head to N'Dali then head east to Nikki and from there to Kaiama, via the Chikanda border post. This has been one of the highlights of the trip so far!
The road to Nikki is non-existent but is under construction by the Chinese.
When we left Europe most people said "how will you cope with Nigeria?" Well we expected a dodgy border crossing, but in fact this was the most organised crossing so far. Everyone was friendly, not corrupt, and actually knew how to fill out a carnet.
The state of Kwara is great, everyone is so friendly, and people speak ENGLISH. yay!
The roads are horrible, and at times the road dissapears and you are in a dry riverbed. If we did this route again we would have bush camped on the road to Kaiama.
The state of Kwara is great, everyone is so friendly, and people speak ENGLISH. yay!
The roads are horrible, and at times the road dissapears and you are in a dry riverbed. If we did this route again we would have bush camped on the road to Kaiama.
This area isnt covered in T4A, so we had no idea how much further to Kaiama. The locals kept saying "just 20mins" or "almost there" but it took forever.
From Kaiama to Kishi the road is again very bad. We got there in the dark. At dusk the sky was full of bats, like a movie. We stopped in a very busy area full of people and within 2 minutes we had exchanged currency and had a guy take us to see a guest house.
The manager was cool and keen to make us happy. 2500 Naira for the night. Not bad. It is at N9 03.470 E3 51.971
From Kaiama to Kishi the road is again very bad. We got there in the dark. At dusk the sky was full of bats, like a movie. We stopped in a very busy area full of people and within 2 minutes we had exchanged currency and had a guy take us to see a guest house.
The manager was cool and keen to make us happy. 2500 Naira for the night. Not bad. It is at N9 03.470 E3 51.971
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