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owadavid

About me

I worked for Dragoman Overland for five years as a leader/driver/mechanic, and since leaving have built my own truck and set up my own company called Overlanding West Africa along with another colleague called Jimmy Corrigan. We run exploratory overland adventure trips in West and Central Africa.


The countries we visit on our trips include: Senegal Gambia Guinea Bissau Guinea Sierra Leone Ivory Coast Ghana Togo Benin Nigeria Cameroon Gabon and Congo.


Please visit www.overlandingwestafrica.com for much more information about us, the trips we run, our truck Aminah, visas, costs etc.

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  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Nigeria visa upon arrival??? in the Africa Branch

    Wow, this is really good news for travellers! Any ideas if this is for airport arrivals or for land border crossings too? Fingers crossed!
    4 days ago

  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Ghanain visa in West Africa in the Africa Branch

    People have been managing to get the Ghana visa on the road recently, but it is very hit and miss, and by no means guaranteed....
    4 days ago

  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Overland from Accra to Lagos in the Africa Branch

    If your intention is to fly into Lagos due to the airfare being cheaper, then simply transit from lagos to Accra, this doesn't make sense...
    6 days ago

  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Visa from Benin in the Africa Branch

    Togo visa is only available at the main border crossings on the coast....
    15 days ago

  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called 2 Months in West Africa in the Africa Branch

    Hi Zeboy,...
    17 days ago

  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Visa for Togo in the Africa Branch

    In 2010, you could get the 48hour transit visa on the border, no major hassles. You had to extend it in Cotonou if you wanted to stay...
    17 days ago

  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Report on getting a Burkina Faso visa in Accra, Ghana in the Africa Branch

    From running trips in WA during 2007-2009, this was the case:...
    22 days ago

  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Chinatown Guest House in the Africa Branch

    Try The Hotobah Lodge in a pretty good location in Freetown. We are using this place for our overland trips through Sierra Leone....
    23 days ago

  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Unluckiest Country? Coup d'Etat again! in the Africa Branch

    I eat my words....who'd have thought it, the military say they will accept an ECOWAS force and release Gomes!...
    about 1 month ago

  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Unluckiest Country? Coup d'Etat again! in the Africa Branch

    That BBC report is not entirely clear....
    about 1 month ago

  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Don't Go . . Survival is as Good as it gets in the Africa Branch

    Ha ha!! You either love Nigeria or hate it, seldom an inbetween....
    about 1 month ago

  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Report on getting a Burkina Faso visa in Accra, Ghana in the Africa Branch

    Good report, many thanks for the information....
    about 1 month ago

  • posted a new Thorn Tree thread called British FCO Downgrade Travel Advice For Liberia in the Africa Branch

    Encouraging news, the British FCO have lifted the travel advice for Nimba and Maryland counties. They do still advise against all but...
    about 1 month ago

  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Vehicle Documentation in the Africa Branch

    You have 2 options....
    about 1 month ago

  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Gap Year adventure- Lisbon to Cape Town in the Africa Branch

    Shipping into Mombassa, Kenya, won't be stupidly expensive, but there's lots of small fees to pay, and they will con you if you don't know...
    about 1 month ago

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