THE ODYSSEY WORLD VISA GUIDE
One of the things that holds back many people from travelling is the prospect of wasting time and effort attempting to get into countries that would quite prefer it if…
Days 194 to 197: Dolphins and Doldrums
Day 194: Ray The Ray13 July 2009Wow! I can honestly say that I have never seen anything like this before. There was not one iota of a smidgin of a…
Day 151: Wish Me Well
This will be my last blog entry for a little while. I leave on HMS Deathtrap tonight. I better leave you all some particulars.The name of the boat is the…
Day 150: Voodoo Economics
The two boats that I might have had an outside chance of getting on have said no (not surprised when I'm not there in person to charm them).I'm beginning to…
Day 149: The Answer’s No, Now What’s The Question?
All of the stuff that was supposed to happen, all of the stuff that Mentor ‘had a good feeling about' has come to nought. Still here, with not a clue…
Day 148: Limbo
Still waiting on Mentor to get me on a boat. I'm sitting here in the pile of concrete, dust and junk that is Dakar, twiddling my thumbs. Maybe tonight I'll go…
Day 147: Go On Then, Just This Once…
I got on the internet this afternoon and GUESS WHAT?! I will have to go BACK to the Gambia because after checking my GPS, I discover that I was picking…
Day 146: Night-Trip to Gambia
So Mentor and I hit the streets to find a way to Cape Verde. We go down to the beach where all the fishermen are. Mentor makes some phone calls,…
Day 145: It’s Gonna Cost Ya…
And so my journey took me to the most expensive country so far. More expensive than Japan, Norway and London PUT TOGETHER. I am talking, of course(?), about Senegal.The Sept-Place…