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January 9, 2021January 9, 2021 By Ramblin' Randy

The Trials and Tribulations of Getting in and Out of Sierra Leone

I Walk the Line As I walked into the Sierra Leone border checkpoint, I breathed a sigh a relief to see the glass windows and booths where travelers present their passports to get stamped in – a sign that maybe this country was just a little more developed and had more of a normal “system”…

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January 7, 2021January 9, 2021 By Ramblin' Randy

Gimme Gimme Guinea

Mission: Impossible My strut onto flight HC202 from Dakar, Senegal felt more like a victory lap, as I showed my ticket and took a seat among 100-plus Africans dressed in colorful dresses and boubous. I was the only gringo on the flight, and that’s just the way I like it. Flying into Guinea was nothing…

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January 5, 2021January 7, 2021 By Ramblin' Randy

Natal em Bissau…UAU! (Christmas in Bissau…WOW!)

I’m so Excited (and I Just Can’t Hide it) I have a ton of photos, but first, some text. I need to preface this blog by explaining why I was so amped to see Guinea Bissau. Of all seven new countries on this December 2020 mid-pandemic West African itinerary, I was most pumped up about…

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January 5, 2021January 9, 2021 By Ramblin' Randy

Where to Stay in Bissau: Compare and Contrast

Bissau, the capital of Guinea Bissau, is one of the least visited countries in the world, and one of the hardest places to get in and out of, due to an obscene lack of flights servicing OXB. In all of my travel experience (162 countries to date), I’ve never had a more difficult time visiting…

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December 24, 2020January 7, 2021 By Ramblin' Randy

The Gambia

Well, hello #158! The Gambia was part of my December 2020 mid-pandemic West African end-of-year journey. I arrived into Banjul from Casablanca just before 2AM. My driver Kemo was waiting for me at the airport. We exchanged pleasantries on the way to my hotel. We’d have a lot more time to get to know each…

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December 22, 2020January 8, 2021 By Ramblin' Randy

Lovin’ Liberia

Welcome to Liberia I wasn’t too excited about an overnight flight into my 157th country, but if you thought routes and schedules were bad in normal times, traveling West Africa during the pandemic–on a tight schedule–is nearly impossible. It’s amazing how small and close all these little nations are to each other, yet how difficult…

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December 19, 2020January 7, 2021 By Ramblin' Randy

The Wild Wild West(ern Sahara)

I was really geeked out about this one. Western Sahara is actually not part of the infamous “193” list of fully UN-recognized nations. But it is part of the five “partially” recognized countries, often included in some people’s “197” or “198” list of countries. Let me explain… There are 193 fully recognized members of the…

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November 10, 2020January 6, 2021 By Ramblin' Randy

The Rainia in Albania Lies Mainly on the Plainia

Grumpy Gus I wasn’t in Tirana but 90 minutes and I already wanted to go home. It was that rare but poisonous combination of being my very last stop (I was exhausted), raining cats and dogs (enough to have soaking wet sneakers), having just left my favorite country on the trip (Montenegro was absolutely stunning)…

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