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RE: Air Guinée or Air Guinée International?

by Kira 02 February 2012

Kigalilongwe - are you in the aviation business too?! Yes, Air Guinee was going to be 85% Chinese owned The contract didn't get signe…
RE: Air Guinée or Air Guinée International?

by kigalilongwe 02 February 2012

hi there, . Air Guinee is or maybe was a joint venture between Guinea and China. They planned to use two A320s and one A340-500 to Chin…
RE: Bamako to Freetown

by Giora 02 February 2012

Hi, The back roads of Sierra Leone are terrible, and public transport is very infrequent, and often limited to motorbikes. The quickest…
RE: Visa service for Dierra Leone

by yaggayagga 28 January 2012

any more feedback about this service www.visitsierraleone.org/ no problems going through the border (from Guinea) with a printout of…
RE: Bissau, Bijagos, Bissau to Guinea

by viaggero 27 January 2012

Ugh! Did you just sleep in the bus, stay up all night or did you pay people to sleep in their house? That still won't put me off, but…
RE: Bissau, Bijagos, Bissau to Guinea

by viaggero 27 January 2012

That makes more sense to me know Kira. Have you ever had to overnight in a place without hotels?
RE: Bissau, Bijagos, Bissau to Guinea

by Kira 27 January 2012

It's more like 19euros one way so that's a little more in US$, from memory it took him 3 days to find a boat to go there. Going back…
RE: Bissau, Bijagos, Bissau to Guinea

by Kira 26 January 2012

Great update, prices shot up in Bissau too! #2, in 2007 the boat from Bubaque to Oranga was a minimum of 10,000CFA one way ... I didn't…
Re: Bissau, Bijagos, Bissau to Guinea

by goran71 26 January 2012

Well done for posting the update! And happy travels!
Bissau, Bijagos, Bissau to Guinea

by aki2006 26 January 2012

Just left Guinea-Bissau for Guinea and wanted to add some information to some of the really helpful posts I found here: - There is now…
RE: West Africa questions

by Giora 23 January 2012

I'm going to add my two cents to this post: first about budget, I've spent considerably less than $1000 a month during my travels in West…
RE: What are the two most disparate nations that share a land border?

by Dutch_Uncle 23 January 2012

Many of the miners are from Brazil, I suspect that information will come out soon. The space facility at Korou is certainly French, and…
RE: Moving to Conakry

by mattlv 23 January 2012

Be careful also when leaving the Conakry airport. The metal detector screener "TSA" -type workers seemed unusually interested in my money…
RE: West Africa questions

by Kira 23 January 2012

Am with Mark on this ........ you need more I said I don't splurge BUT I stick to countries not a massive sub-region however I don't…
RE: West Africa questions

by markharf 22 January 2012

Bring more money or forget splurges. Moving that quickly isn't cheap, and West Africa isn't particularly cheap to begin with. Don't…
Re: Overland from Bamako to Labé, Guinea

by IntrepidGee 21 January 2012

So this begs the question ----- How to get a Guinea visa in Bamako? Anyone did it? Thanks.
Re: Overland from Bamako to Labé, Guinea

by HeyHeyBooBoo 20 January 2012

From the women travelers I've talked to here, it seems likely that as a woman traveling alone, there's a good chance you'll be adopted…
RE: Horses in Mexico?

by markharf 17 January 2012

Guinea hens is how we kept control of the ticks where I used to live back east in Lyme Disease Ground Zero. So here's the quote from…
RE: Guinea-Conakry visa in Gambia

by aki2006 16 January 2012

Sorry, didn't ask...
Re: West Africa for 3 weeks - Culture Drum Dance

by owadavid 15 January 2012

Hi James, I think Guinea could be another good option for you. It has an incredibly rich musical heritage. I am in no way advertising…
RE: Overland from Bamako to Labé, Guinea

by markharf 15 January 2012

I got all huffy and grabbed the Oxford Atlas of the World to reconfirm my recollection of events.....and found that of course Giora was…
RE: Overland from Bamako to Labé, Guinea

by Giora 15 January 2012

I think it needs a little more review Mark. Dalaba is situated +between+ Labe and Mamou... But at any rate, traveling that far in Guinea…
RE: Overland from Bamako to Labé, Guinea

by markharf 14 January 2012

I've been reviewing that trip in my mind. I took bush taxis from early morning Dalaba-Labe, Labe-Mamou, Mamou-Kankan, arriving well after…
Re: Guinea-Conakry visa in Gambia

by owadavid 14 January 2012

Great information, thanks for the update much appreciated. Can I ask, was a double entry visa for Guinea possible or only single entry?…
Re: Sierra Leone visa in Banjul/Gambia

by owadavid 14 January 2012

Great news, was that 30 day validity for the visa? Same price as in Conakry but faster. Which way are you heading? Casamance-Guinea-Sierr…