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Difficult to Visit Countries
So far, I’ve been to 109 of the 194 UN members, which leaves me 85 countries yet to go. I have plans for at least 7 more of them, leaving me a list of 78 to go. So, I was thinking today – what are...
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5th Annual Crazy New Years Trip
“Since I had peeped over the edge myself, I understand better the meaning of his stare, that could not see the flame of the candle, but was wide enough to embrace the whole universe, piercing enough to...
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Pointe-Noire, Congo to Cabinda, Angola by taxi
Of all the parts of this difficult trip, I’ll admit that this was the one I was most aprehensive about. There’s not much information online about making this trip by taxi, and given the fact both Congo...
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Cabinda, Angola
Right around noon, the taxi dropped us at the only hotel we’d managed to find online, the Hotel Maiombe. Now, “find online” didn’t mean it appeared bookable anywhere, and when I tried to call the only...
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Cabinda, Angola to Luanda, Angola on TAAG
Having survived the night, it was time to head to the airport to fly down to Angola’s capital, Luanda. The problem is, there are only like 40 taxis in all of Cabinda, and despite the hotel front desk...
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Luanda, Angola
Taxi only took about 30 minutes from the airport, and arrived at my hotel, the Epic Sana Luanda, around 10:30am. The hotel had plenty of rooms available, but wanted to charge a half day to check in...
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Luanda,Angola to Sao Tome, Sao Tome e Principe on TAAG
We’d planned to leave my hotel three hours before the flight, allowing up to an hour to get to the airport, and wanting to be there two hours early since we’d already checked in online. The taxi driver...
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