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Re: Bringing Audio Recording Equipment

by transfer 10 December 2008

You'll probably need a temporary import permit, gear is checked on the way in and out after forwarding the list of equipment and their…
Double-entry visa for US citizens at Maroc-Mauritania border

by littlebuddha237 09 December 2008

Over the upcoming holidays I'm planning to fly into Agadir and head down to Dakar for a few days (around New Year's) and then back up…
RE: New Orleans questions

by VinnyD 09 December 2008

I was really interested to hear some black people speaking French on a New Orleans street a couple of months ago. Then I realized they…
RE: Festival au Desert 2009

by oliver845 08 December 2008

Hi Nick, I'm travelling alone, currently in Senegal, and I'm planning on being in Bamako for the new year, and I'd also like to get to…
RE: Festival au Desert 2009

by evabless 08 December 2008

Greetings Nicholas and Becky, We are two women in our late twenties heading to the festival for the first time and would love to connect…
RE: Kolda, Tambacounda, Kedougou are safe?

by Giora 08 December 2008

Hi Ruggero, I travelled to all those places by public transport about a year ago. There were no dangers then (Casamance, where there…
Kolda, Tambacounda, Kedougou are safe?

by orsopaola 08 December 2008

I and my wife are going, by independent travel, in South Senegal: Casamance, Kolda, Tambacounda, Kedougou. Are there some problem for…
RE: Yamal Airline and Mahfooz Aviation

by am021169 07 December 2008

The sad reality about flying in much of west Africa is that it is often better to do pain-in-the-ass plane flights. For these two countries,…
2 year old and the Gambia

by saharaforever 06 December 2008

Hi, I'm taking my 2.5 year old to the Gambia for a 2 week holiday in Feb. I'm just wondering if anyone has any experience of taking a…
Re: Festival Au Desert 2009

by evabless 05 December 2008

Greetings everyone! Me and another female friend (both Americans) are planning to go to the festival and would love to connect with others…
RE: visa in atar

by anidiotabroad 05 December 2008

personally I doubt it. They turned me back when I turned up at Rosso overland (water) from Senegal, so at my next attempt, I didn't take…
RE: West African venture (and beyond!)

by taharqa 04 December 2008

I've successfully used ATMs in Senegal (I live in Dakar), Ghana, Togo, Ivory Coast, and Burkina Faso. I've never lost a card. Occasiona…
RE: Travelling in Senegal and Gambia

by markharf 04 December 2008

Ah, I see. I haven't been to that area in several years, but in my experience things are generally more expensive, seldom less. I do…
RE: West African venture (and beyond!)

by taharqa 04 December 2008

Availability of ATM's depends on the country and city. Senegal and Ghana will have the most (almost any city in those countries will…
RE: Travelling in Senegal and Gambia

by lsmacaskill 03 December 2008

That is what I'm asking - a friend told me that it was far more expensive than lonely planet predicted.
RE: Winter Sun Getaway

by neckervd 03 December 2008

It depends where you are in Europe. Check the Canary Islands, the Cabo Verde Islands, Senegal, Gambia, Salalah (Oman) or may be Hurghada.…
RE: West African venture (and beyond!)

by Giora 03 December 2008

Okay, I'll try and add some thoughts again to all this posting that's been going on. First of all, I would have to give you the opposite…
RE: Obtaining Visas in Northwest Africa

by littlebuddha237 02 December 2008

Hey, I'm gonna post here since I have a similar question. Over the upcoming holidays I'm planning to fly into Agadir and head down to…
Re: Oman & UAE, and onward, in own vehicle

by Popotla 02 December 2008

I don’t know that this is a “classic case of car import”. OP isn’t planning - as far as I understand - to import his vehicle into any…
RE: West African venture (and beyond!)

by benayang 02 December 2008

Kira, forgive my ignorance on some of these things - first off, where's Man? Second - I speak Haitian Creole, but little French. I can…
Re: Obtaining Visas in Northwest Africa

by pollux 02 December 2008

HI, You could get your Mauritania visas in Rabat or wait until the border. Cost 20euros for 15 days. If you need an extension it's NKTT.…
RE: Travelling in Senegal and Gambia

by markharf 02 December 2008

You didn't like the on-line LP's estimates of $20-40 (per day) for The Gambia and $40-60 for Senegal? Is this not what you're asking?…
RE: West African venture (and beyond!)

by markharf 02 December 2008

OP, are you really planning to take this trip? Or are you collecting a broad spectrum of information about far-flung places just in case…
RE: Guinea-Bissau security etc

by Artabanes 01 December 2008

I was staying in the TaMar hotel in Bissau from 21 till 23 nov including that night, and to my dismay was woken up at 2h10 by gunfire.…
RE: ALERT: Armed men attack president's residence in Bissau

by Artabanes 01 December 2008

I was staying in the TaMar hotel in Bissau from 21 till 23 nov including that night, and was woken up at 2h10 by gunfire. Although realising…