Guinea

Dry in the west, more tropical further east with palm trees and lush green vegetation/trees. Speed humps in every village Goats, chickens, cattle crossing the road at every opportunity. Dirt roads or roads in bad condition.  They are being upgraded by the Chinese. Locals washing and bathing in the rivers. Ability of women to balance...Read More

Day 37… Monday 8th May Short drive to the Ivory Coast boarder along a tarmacked road  – very smooth and quite journey with hardly a passing car.   The last section was an unmade road with deep crevices but Greta is very capable.  Border crossing out of Guinea was very easy and no one else was...Read More

Day 36… Sunday 7th May Had a nice chat with guests/staff before heading off to Nzerekore, another 5 hour drive planned.  Road was tarmacked the whole way and only a few giant potholes towards the end.  Another day of no police stops!  Plenty of speed humps in the villages – some of them so high. ...Read More

Day 35… Saturday 6th May A 5 hour drive heading from Faranah to Gueckedou along a tared road for most of the way – very few vehicles, just the odd cow, chicken, goat or pig wandering across the road.  The last half hour was a bumpy dirt road but was brief and bearable.  No police...Read More

Day 34… Friday 5th May Our route to Faranah took us up a windy mountain road with very little traffic.  The road was being repaired and passed lots of construction workers and Chinese site compounds.  Slow going with huge potholes.  Drive time today of 6 hours.  Not much progress.  Only 3 police stops today –...Read More

Day 33… Thursday 4th May We had a tour around the waterfalls and set off around mid-day with a 4 hour drive to Mamou.  As we set off with a 2km drive to the main road, passed an army truck with men carrying weapons and with balaclavas.  Driving quickly on, there was a tank (note...Read More

Days 30/31/32… 1st/2nd/3rd May Having arrived in Conakry on a Sunday, we soon discovered that Monday was a national holiday and the Ivory Coast embassy would not be open.  We visited on Tuesday and the visa turnaround process was 24 hours so we extended our hotel stay.  No complaints!  We tried to get to a...Read More

Day 29… Sunday 30th April Greta sustained minor damage to her undercarriage yesterday and has sprung a leak (oil? power steering fluid?).  We purchased oil, topped her up and hoped she would manage a 5 hour journey to Conakry and a garage for repairs.  Tarmacked roads with some large potholes for the entire route –...Read More

Day 28… Saturday 29th April The chosen route today to Boke was a difficult challenge and in hindsight we should not have gone this way.  It was a dirt road but so badly damaged from erosion that these were not potholes but deep crevice’s to tackle.  A couple of cars and lorries were also attempting...Read More