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Back from Bakassi
A concise history of the Bakassi Peninsula and series of events that lead to its ceding to Cameroon …
Africa
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Tourism 8: Namibia’s Drought
Ernest and myself completed the immigration formalities at the Buitepos border in a very short time and then crossed into Namibia. Thanks to the fact we arrived there very late in the evening and the …
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Tourism 8: Botswana: How To Get Here.
I started making plans to visit Namibia over a year ago. I was super impressed when I learnt that a branch office of the Namibian Airlines located in Ikeja here in Lagos could help me …
Africa
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Tourism 6: Congo Ends The Trip
Ponta Negra/Pointe Noire Our flight time to Pointe-Noire from Libreville was around one hour twenty minutes. The Republic of Congo would be the last country on the trip and in as much as I was …
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Tourism 6: Live in Libreville
We took off from Douala at around six o’clock to Libreville. During the flight, my mind was preoccupied by the several experiences that I had gone through for the past few days. I had been …
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Tourism 6: Bitter Bitam
My departure from Equatorial Guinea that morning was like escaping hell. It felt like coming back to life. The first thing I could think of doing was to rain curses on the government and the …
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Tourism 6: My Experience Traveling in Equatorial Guinea
I arrived the Ebibyin Central Garage from where I would pick a Bata bound vehicle. Bata is the largest city on the Equatorial Guinea mainland. Santos, one of the police officers who helped me secure …
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Tourism 6: Freedom is Sweet
The entire weekend was spent in police custody. It was now early Monday morning and I was eagerly waiting for the arrival of the police chief whom I was told was the only one I …
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Tourism 6: Ebibeyin Police Detention in Equatorial Guinea
After spending more than two hours at the Ebibeyin Police Station that evening, it began to dawn on me that I could remain detained right there till the next day. I had been detained by …