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Photo Story: Ghana

Posted by Peter Gostelow on Dec 17, 2012 in Photo Stories | 0 comments

The beach provided my entry to Ghana. Heading a little way west from where this picture was taken was the Ivory Coast border. Nothing more than a wind-torn flag tied to a palm tree demarcated where one country...

Photo Story: Ivory Coast

Posted by Peter Gostelow on Dec 7, 2012 in Photo Stories | 2 comments

One of the most refreshing drinks in west Africa is Hibiscus juice, commonly called bissap. Open a cool box containing drinks on the roadside or in a market and there’s a good chance of seeing this...

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7 Feb

End of the road. Arriving in Cape Town (several days before this picture was taken) was a bit of an anticlimax. No fanfare or celebrations - just a stranger in another foreign place, as I had been everywhere else in Africa. That this would be the end of my long journey throu…

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2 Feb

Coasting to the coast. The last time I'd seen the Atlantic Ocean on my journey through Africa was in Cameroon, so it was a welcome sight as I turned off the main highway and descended to the coast. I wasn't far away from Cape Town, which is where this journey would end. Afte…

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27 Jan

Into South Africa. I was more nervous about entering South Africa than I have been about entering most other countries on a bicycle. Most news reports from the country focus on its high crime rates, and many people had forewarned me about how dangerous i… https://t.co/RXoY6kanHM

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