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Well, he ended up taking the northern route, crossing at Noumoudjigouliak. BUT. I got a call from him this morning, and he's been...

I'm a travel agent and have internal access to airline fares, even the ones whose websites don't offer booking services. I have seen no...

Having been inspired by Guy at Sleeping Camel's live blogging from Bamako, I just helped a friend in Timbuktu set up a blog so he can keep...

UPDATE: As of yesterday, the border from Mali into Guinea was open, but the Guinean police were ONLY letting in BLACK Malians. My Tuareg...

Hi Kira - thanks, as always! ...

Does anyone know if there is now a route open from Guinea to Cote D'Ivoire? I had read a long time ago that if you wanted to go from, say,...

Guy, do you know what the situation at the airport is? Are flights leaving/coming? I'm trying to get a friend out of BKO - he was going to...

Great! Congo Visa is already arranged through Virunga. I was pretty impressed with them, except for after I paid and confirmed...

I'll be crossing from DRC into Uganda at Busengo or Bunagana. I'm a US Citizen, wondering if I need tourist visa in advance or if I can...

I have done this before to get stuff to my friend in Conakry. I did it two ways: one was an important box, with Fedex, cost $100 and took...

@cowantimmy can you elaborate on your conspiracy theory? Your post makes absolutely no sense....

I would guess the same. The road from Kankan to N'Z is reportedly crap, and i can't imagine it getting better after that! ...

Hi all,...

Haven't been, myself (sniff), but a few days ago, I spoke to two American women who were having dinner in Timbuktu (my friend, a guide, who...

The group is an American children's choir, 60 singers, about 10-15 chaperones. I'm not worried about finding performing opportunities - it...