Crossing from The Gambia -> Senegal -> Guinea-Bissau

Crossing from The Gambia -> Senegal -> Guinea-Bissau

by | Dec 19, 2022 | Blitzkrieg!!!, Border Crossing, December 2022: Senegal, The Gambia, & Guinea-Bissau, Getting that VISA, Guinea-Bissau, How Did You Do That?, Senegal, The Gambia, Way Way Off the Beaten Path

 Starting from an hour’s south of Banjul at a last minute villa I found on Booking.com in Old Yundum, we set out at 6:30am in the morning. Good timing because we started driving approximately 5 minutes right after the power went out in the house from what...
28 Hours in IST Airport for Bamako, Mali

28 Hours in IST Airport for Bamako, Mali

by | Jan 28, 2022 | Border Crossing, February 2022: Mali, Flying Fancy, Getting that VISA, How Did You Do That?, Layovers, Mali, Rules Are Meant To Be Broken, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, Weekend Trips

    It was a surprisingly easy visa acquisition last week at the local consulate to Mali in the Upper East Side of NYC. They didn’t even ask for my flight itinerary or a copy of yellow fever vaccine as suggested on their website. All I had needed to drop off...