“Best under pressure, with seconds left, I show up” – Usher. Central African Republic was certainly a wildcard country addition to my travel jigsaw in January 2025. After three visa refusals/failures (in Poland, Burkina Faso…
“Love’s a hide and hate display” – Nicky Wire. I never expected to visit 5 bars in the CAR, nevermind double figure it, but here we are, there we were. In my previous few countries…
“Down the waterfall wherever it may take me” – Robbie Williams. On a hot Sunday, in the heart of Africa, in the centre of Africa and in the middle of Africa, we visited the Boali…
“Here is a sunrise. Ain’t that enough?” – Teenage Fanclub. First things first here – don’t even consider sleeping anywhere else in Bangui. Gust Hotel is your place to sleep in the capital city of…
“Ride across the river, deep and wide” – Mark Knopfler. My Bangor to Bangui story is a wild one. I’ve already chaptertitled it for a future book in my third series (the 200th – 300th…