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  1. anillos_de_saturno avatar

    RE: In country travel

    by anillos_de_saturno 23 May 2012

    +can anyone suggest the best way to get from point to point?+ The best way will be to fly (as kira said in #4, Kenya Airways and Ethiopia…

  2. Kira avatar

    RE: In country travel

    by Kira 23 May 2012

    Is #2 mad suggesting that route through Africa overland via Chad especially to a first timer???!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fly there, but thinking…

  3. Drivingafrica avatar

    RE: In country travel

    by Drivingafrica 23 May 2012

    Hey Imelda, sounds quite exciting... Most of the visas can be bought on the border for cheap. So you don't have to worry about organising…

  4. rob_09 avatar

    RE: Escape From Kathmandu – Photos From Nepal:

    by rob_09 13 May 2012

    Nice photos. But seriously mate, you are being a bit sensationalist about everything. I've been to Kathmandu plenty of times - for…

  5. cde1414 avatar

    Re: Activities in northwest Jamaica???

    by cde1414 30 April 2012

    Hello to all, thank you for your advice. We are very much looking forward to our upcoming trip. Chad

  6. twc avatar

    Pan-African Mobile SIM card?

    by twc 27 April 2012

    Over the next 2 months, I will be travelling in Cameroon (1st stop), Sao Tome, Gabon, Chad, Central African Republic, Congo, Kenya, South…

  7. cde1414 avatar

    Activities in northwest Jamaica???

    by cde1414 25 April 2012

    Hello, my wife and I will be spending a week at the Grand Palladium resort just east of Lucea in June. We have never been to Jamaica.…

  8. Barry avatar

    RE: Countries you have no interest in

    by Barry 19 April 2012

    Qatar, Kuwait, Chad, Lithuania, Belarus, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Korea (either one), Brunei, Somalia, Liberia, and probably a bunch of others.…

  9. skunkman44 avatar

    RE: Kenya to Morocco

    by skunkman44 28 March 2012

    Have you: 1- planned a rough itinerary using a map 2- checked if the countries on that route are do-able. If you answered no at one of…

  10. flobster avatar

    RE: Useful Advice For Married Couples

    by flobster 26 March 2012

    >Hypothetically, say in Chad white people had to sit at the back of the bus and were regularly lynched and were excluded from good jobs.…

  11. goldfinger avatar

    RE: Useful Advice For Married Couples

    by goldfinger 26 March 2012

    Actually, I wonder how Flobster would react to racial attacks in soe countries. Hypothetically, say in Chad white people had to sit at…

  12. nutraxfornerves avatar

    More medical stuff. Meningitis outbreaks in West Africa & Uganda

    by nutraxfornerves 25 March 2012

    WHO reports that "From 1 January to 11 March, outbreaks of meningococcal disease has been reported in 15 districts in Benin, Burkina Faso,…

  13. goldfinger avatar

    RE: Names

    by goldfinger 20 March 2012

    Also, Chad.

  14. Boinkity_Boink avatar

    RE: The B List - places I'd quite like to visit

    by Boinkity_Boink 20 March 2012

    I think I misunderstood the OP. Places you +want+ to visit, but for one reason or another probably won't. For me it's the sahelian countri…

  15. teryrobin avatar

    RE: Visa info for West Africa?

    by teryrobin 14 March 2012

    Ohh that is not good for me! I just went to the Nigerian embassy in Kinshasa and they told me they can not give me a visa because i am…

  16. nutraxfornerves avatar

    RE: Questions I never expected to be asked.

    by nutraxfornerves 07 March 2012

    I don't know where you got that Red Cross information, but it is out of date. Current Red Cross guidelines on Malaria: >Wait 3 years…

  17. defenestrator avatar

    RE: Questions I never expected to be asked.

    by defenestrator 07 March 2012

    >-were born in, or lived in, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea,Gabon, Niger, or Nigeria, since 1977 …

  18. Dutch_Uncle avatar

    RE: Questions I never expected to be asked.

    by Dutch_Uncle 07 March 2012

    From the Amerilcan Red Cross blood donor nformation site: Malaria: Wait three years after being in malarious area HIV/AIDS: pasted…

  19. VinnyD avatar

    RE: Questions I never expected to be asked.

    by VinnyD 06 March 2012

    Dutch_Uncle, they used to ask in you had ever had sex with an African but they don't any more. And they don't ask if you've ever taken…

  20. MandMike avatar

    Re: LP Africa

    by MandMike 06 March 2012

    Just back from a short week in N'Djamena, and so much better than the LP story. We think the bombsite comment probably stems from the…

  21. TimCullis avatar

    RE: Going to Morocco for the Sahara

    by TimCullis 05 March 2012

    viaggero, some of your references are extremely suspect, as in "the Sahara is a vast sandy desert." It's nothing of the sort, it's mainly…

  22. viaggero avatar

    Re: Going to Morocco for the Sahara

    by viaggero 05 March 2012

    [Geography of the Sahara Desert The Sahara covers parts of several African nations including Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mauritania,…

  23. anillos_de_saturno avatar

    RE: Visa info for West Africa?

    by anillos_de_saturno 04 March 2012

    +what has happened? Somebody has more info about that?+ In short, Boko Haram made various terrorist attacks in Nigeria in December/Januar…

  24. that_prick avatar

    RE: The most and least patriotic countries in the world?

    by that_prick 02 March 2012

    It'd be hard to create a good chant if you lived somewhere monosyllabic like Spain or Chad

  25. owadavid avatar

    Re: Visas for onward travel in Cameroon

    by owadavid 26 February 2012

    Both Congo Brazzaville and Gabon can be obtained in Yaounde without too much hassle. Expect anywhere from 2-5 days to get both of these,…

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