Cameroon Country 100, hiking Mt. Cameroon, and the humidity of the tropics strikes many times Going into Cameroon I did not know what to expect. I have heard about the humidity and of course Mt. Cameroon which is the tallest peak in Western Africa. Being this was my 100th Country, I decided to shake it…

Nigeria The friendliest people (and chimps and drill monkeys) coupled with a million roadblocks In the news, we always hear a lot of negative things about Nigeria because of extremist groups that are in the country. Often times we base what we see on the news as fact about the country. Imagine if everyone in…

Benin The Birthplace of the REAL VOODOO It seems that even though Benin’s size (about the size of Ohio) is smaller than the rest of its neighbors, it holds more interesting sites that many countries that surround it. The evidence of the French, Portuguese, Dutch and English colonial empires is still seen in many cities…

Togo A small country with a big heart and the running Naked Man Togo was a stop we made in order to get a visa and in turn wait for the visa. The country is very small and we entered it from Ghana and made our way south to the Coast.        …

Ghana God, Jesus, Gold, English, wildlife, and the land of funny signs PLEASE SCROLL TO THE BOTTOM AFTER THE WRITING TO SEE MORE PICTURES This was the first country on our trip in which the local populace spoke English, which was easier for us to communicate.  The rest of the countries thus far on our…

Ivory Coast               A quick trip through a country with one of the largest churches in the world With the border being closed between Guinea and Ivory Coast, we were not able to enter on that side, so we had to go back up through Guinea to Mali and…

Mali A country plagued by violence that is pretty tame             Coming into Bamako (the capital of Mali), we had already been bush camping pretty much without a shower (except a waterfall shower and bucket shower in Guinea) for about 18 days. No one knew what to expect going in…

Guinea Now we are definitely into the wild west of Africa!!!!!               We were not supposed to go into Guinea for the part of the trip, but there was a problem with terrorism going into Mali (but because of border closures we came into Mali anyway). Coming in from…

SENEGAL             Starting to be the real Africa? The Africa that we know seems to be coming alive as we reach into Senegal. As we cross the border from Mauritania, things seem to be a bit livelier. About 10 kilometers before the border we noticed a big change in vegetation…

  Where Africa starts to divide-North from Sub Sahara             Driving across the border to Western Sahara, we get to “NO MANS LAND”, which is in fact a barren wasteland with broken down cars between the two borders. We spent some time at the border to get our visas and…

Morocco Medinas, Mazes, Mud, Visa Waits, Bush Camps, and the Absence of Technology…. Morocco seems to always be the hottest tourist destination for just about any person that travels to the North African Countries.  From the combination of the vast treeless deserts, to the rugged Riff and Atlas Mountains, to the densely forested areas surrounding…

Life around Campsites and Bush Camping How does cooking, cleaning, and being around a fire, bring people together? With the rapid takeoff the last 15 years of internet and mobile phones, we have lost the time honored tradition of speaking to each other when we eat. With a lot of families this was a time…

Western Sahara Country, Plot of Land, or Territory?             If you look at any map, Western Sahara appears to be a country.  Is it really a country though? The country is administered by Morocco with the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic claiming it as its own, but Morocco runs a large…

Gibraltar- A territory of UK stuck in South Spain The start of my Africa trip began on a flight from Uk to Gibraltar for two nights. Although we could not stay in Gibraltar because of the size of our truck, we certainly spent some time there!!!! We stayed in a little tiny campground in Spain…

NOVEMBER 15, 2015…IT STARTS… 1 Big Continent, 1 Backpack 20 kg’s, 1 Day Pack 10 kg’s, 1 Camera Bag 10 kg’s 2 Passports, 6 Plus Vaccinations, 9 Plus Months 30,000 Plus Kilometers, 275 Plus Days, 20 Plus Currencies, 25 Plus Undiscovered Countries and Terrain, 25 Plus Visas, 20 Plus Regions with Varying Temperatures, 100’s of…

A rapidly developing country with an old world charm Five years ago I made a bold prediction that Albania would become the next big destination in Europe (Please read Albania 2010 and 2011) It looks like in my prediction I was not that far off as Tirana and all of Albania have changed so much…

Duff- An American sports bar in the heart of Albania!!!! From Hoxha’s stronghold to Nightlife Central….. Brilliant CNN Article on THE BLOCK and Duff Sports Bar In the middle of the ever so bustling Albanian capital of Tirana lays a bar like no other. The Bars name is Duff (based off Homer Simpson’s favorite beverage),…

Djerba Hood- Street Art Spectacular that transcends borders:  1 ISLAND, 1 VILLAGE, 150 STREET ARTISTS, 30 NATIONALITIES. SEE THE TWO SETS OF GALLERIES BELOW FOR THE DIFFERENT STREET ARTISTS   Click here to see Tunisia- Off the Beaten Path Click here to see Return to Tunisia Many of you have never heard of Djerba and…

Return to Tunisia:  Star Wars, Street Art, and a place that looks like Greek Island Parts Click here to see Tunisia- Off the Beaten Path Click here for Djerba Hood Street Art My return to Tunisia 6 months after I was there, could not of been any better!  I spent a few days in and…

Oktoberfest!!!!! Two days takes ten years off your life!!! For my whole life I wanted to attend Oktoberfest in Munich. Little did I know that with the combination of camping and being in the huge tents all day, would definitely take years off my life. I was with six friends that I teach with (all…