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Podcast #014: Travelling in West Africa (Part Two)
Welcome to Episode 14 of my “Travel Tales From Beyond The Brochure” podcast. I’m still a bit behind, but only…
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Podcast #013: Travel in West Africa (Part One)
Welcome to Episode 13 of my “Travel Tales From Beyond The Brochure” podcast. Again, this pod was issued this pod…
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West Africa and The Atlantic Slave Trade
I’ve alluded to this before, but remarkably, as Brits, we don’t really learn too much about the British Empire and…
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Introduction to Voodoo in West Africa
Voodoo. It’s a word with a certain … image, cultivated by American gothic horror films mixed with a small amount…
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Kingdoms of West Africa
Before arriving in West Africa, I knew almost nothing about its history or its kingdoms. I’d heard little bits in…
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Five Days in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso is not the most common destinations for tourists. In fact, I’m fairly certain the average person in the…
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Crossing Borders in West Africa
I made four border crossings in West Africa on my adventure – I wrote a specific blog post about one…
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Visiting Ghana’s Mole National Park
Africa. To the average Brit, the very name invokes images of vast grasslands, plains with shrubberies, dust-capped faded green mountain…
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What to Expect when Backpacking in West Africa
West Africa isn’t generally the first place on the average British backpacker’s itinerary, but as you know by now I’m…
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Why I kicked off my sandals in West Africa!
As you may have no doubt noticed by now, I have a slight ‘quirk’ – my footwear, or apparent lack…
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How not to cross the Benin-Togo border
Barefoot and bagless, lost at an international border with just my passport and some money; I must have been a…
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What to expect on buses in West Africa
Have you ever been tied up? Seriously. Have you ever had your partner tie you, with rope, to a chair…
