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  1. regards avatar

    RE: intern/work + learn french?

    by regards 06 July 2011

    Those countries are French speaking and must have what you are loking for: Benin Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Central African Republic…

  2. am021169 avatar

    RE: American citizen looking for step by step instructions for visa in wash DC

    by am021169 04 July 2011

    I'd seriously recommend using an excellent visa services company in DC. I'm not pitching for them, but they've successfully gotten me…

  3. dany_gutman avatar

    Trip to Gabon

    by dany_gutman 28 June 2011

    I'm coming to Gabon for a week next January trying to see the country. can anyone recommend a reasonable itinerary ? Also need a relyable…

  4. OverlandingAfrica avatar

    RE: Accra to Capetown - African Trails or Oasis Overland?

    by OverlandingAfrica 23 June 2011

    Namibia is MUCH easier to travel around in independently than Gabon so I think choose the itinerary that overall works best for you and…

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    Accra to Capetown - African Trails or Oasis Overland?

    by fffiona 20 June 2011

    I'm considering overlanding Africa next year, all the way around from Gibraltar to Cairo. Mostly I will do this on my own, but for one…

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    Re: boat from Gabon to Namibia or elsewhere

    by SteveOfi 19 June 2011

    As above, very interesting post. We're travelling to Gabon around September time as part of an African trek and getting to Namibia looks…

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    Re: Ghana-Togo-Benin-BF-Mali round-trip - possible in 6 weeks?!

    by SteveOfi 19 June 2011

    Hi Guys, My wife and I are travelling through these countries in a couple of months time. I've been reading LP forum posts now for a…

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    RE: Gabon in July 2011

    by khamlia 16 June 2011

    Yes, stay longer on Sao Tome, it is so nice wonderful there, I was there 2 weeks and it was not enough, I not managed to go to Principe…

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    RE: Going to Guinea!

    by markharf 16 June 2011

    am021169 is way more alert than I! Ok, you're not going to Gabon (although I hear it's nice there....). Conakry will be a lot easier…

  10. am021169 avatar

    RE: Going to Guinea!

    by am021169 16 June 2011

    I believe you were daydreaming of Gabon (why?) and wrote that instead of Guinea. I'd try the local Consulate from where you are already.…

  11. markharf avatar

    RE: Going to Guinea!

    by markharf 15 June 2011

    I must admit I fail to see what the problem is, exactly. You get a Guinea visa in Dakar or in Banjul, according to preference. You then…

  12. mbessclifford avatar

    Going to Guinea!

    by mbessclifford 15 June 2011

    I am a mother and teacher who will be making her way, with her four-year-old son, to Gabon (new job), from India (old job), this summer.…

  13. spoonfulofdandy21 avatar

    RE: boat from Gabon to Namibia or elsewhere

    by spoonfulofdandy21 13 June 2011

    Simsy, where did you get your boat? What line? How much? When did you go? I am very interested in this as I'm living in Togo, jobles…

  14. BushShrike avatar

    Re: Travelling in Mali mid-late July 2011

    by BushShrike 12 June 2011

    I'm going to be arriving in Bamako mid- to late August with an overland truck I'm driving up from Zimbabwe. Anybody keen to hop on for…

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    RE: Gabon in July 2011

    by chriskean1 07 June 2011

    Yes, depending always on your interests (birds, crumbling colonial architecture, remote destinations, petropolitics). I would try to…

  17. peenak avatar

    Re: Gabon in July 2011

    by peenak 07 June 2011

    Thanks Chriskean1...i will certainly consider your advice for ST as well as Lope. The reason why i have only a week in ST is due to the…

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    RE: Gabon in July 2011

    by chriskean1 07 June 2011

    - I will suggest you could do better than spending a weekend in Sao Tome. Just add the time to Gabon, and go to Sao Tome when you have…

  19. peenak avatar

    Gabon in July 2011

    by peenak 07 June 2011

    I am traveling to Gabon and ST & Principe between July 12th to July 29th, 2011. Looking for anyone else who is traveling around the same…

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    RE: cameroon to Sao Tome

    by anillos_de_saturno 06 June 2011

    I don't know if there's any direct transport between Cameroon and Sao Tomé. The best alternative I can think of is to fly from Douala…

  21. khamlia avatar

    RE: Gabon

    by khamlia 24 May 2011

    Hi, nice to read your travel report, thanks. I read somewhere that Gabon is very expensive, is it true? I was in Januari on Sao Tome…

  22. jimr1 avatar

    RE: Selling cars in Gabon

    by jimr1 18 May 2011

    Sadly not my friend. Shorty after I made this posting the global financial system collapsed and my business went into limbo for a while.…

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    7 day 6 night safari start June

    by nickigardner 17 May 2011

    I'm travelling to Tanzania at the end of may for a 2 week vacation. I want to spend most of my time in Ngorongoro and Serengeti and end…

  24. sam_anyroad avatar

    RE: Overland travel

    by sam_anyroad 14 May 2011

    I was in Sierra Leone a couple of months ago.. I'm not going as far as Gabon (can't get a Nigerian visa for one; suggest you organise…

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    RE: Selling cars in Gabon

    by bundubasher 04 May 2011

    Hi Old posting I know but did you make your trip to Gabon? Cheers enzo

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