With my Guinean Entry Visa finally in the pocket, I went back to their embassy yesterday to apply for a “Laissez-Passer Pour Véhicule”, that you need to be able to enter the country with an Ivorian vehicle. Although a formality that could also be done at the border, but what I can do here in… Read More Final Paperwork Done in Abidjan T-3
Sometimes your gut feeling does proof your right! On Monday, I went back to the Guinean Embassy here and I was about to ask the consul if he was able to do anything about my application he struggled to find in the system Thursday last week. After a bit of waiting I was lead into… Read More Lost in Guinean Cyberspace T-5
When planning such an expedition, you always expect that there are hiccups and unforeseen problems down the line of your preparations. This past week was exceptionally problem-ridden on many fronts. Let me update you on some of my challenges at the moment. Visas As I still have not yet heard anything official about my entry-visa… Read More More challenges T-8
Not a lot has changed in the Visa world in the past three years since the preparations for the 2020 expedition. For me, as an European citizen, most of the countries along the route are either visa-free, like Morocco, or will easily give me and my travel companions a visa either at the border (Mauritania)… Read More Visas and further preparations T-16
More than a week ago I went to the local government office of CGI/Quipux Afrique that administers all vehicle papers and driving licenses in the country. For the expedition I require to have an “permis international de conduire” (International Driving License) and for Eeyore an “certificat international pour automobiles” (International Vehicle Registration). Both are basically… Read More Ordeal obtaining vehicle documents T-24
Abidjan-Marrakech-Abidjan Overland Expedition 2023 
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