Month: May 2018

With my limited time in Burkina Faso I decided to visit Banfora, a town in the south of the country surrounded by beautiful scenery. I hired a scooter and to take me to the area’s two main attractions: The Cascades de Karfiguela, a series of picturesque waterfalls, and the Domes de Fabedougou, an interesting rock […]

There are no buses between Guinea-Bissau and Mali, so I made the journey in several stages. Late in the afternoon of my first travel day, I crossed the border to Ziguinchor, Senegal, a four hour ride. I spent the night in the charming Hotel le Flamboyant. I ate an excellent dinner along the Casamance River […]