Backpacking in Africa Jonny Blair
“Dreams aren’t what they used to be, some things slide by so carelessly” – Brandon Flowers. Sao Tome And Principe is famous for coffee and chocolate. While backpacking in the capital city, São Tome I visited two chocolate shops, did a chocolate tasting and tried chocolate, chocolate cake, chocolate ice cream and coffee. It was…
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Despite having taken over 10,000 Food photographs on my travels, I am definitely not a food freak, geek or blogger but I sometimes feel the need to cover some of my meals on Friday’s Featured Food. In São Tome E Principe, I visited Bobo Forro, Trinidade, São Tome (the capital city), Porto Allegre, São Joao…
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“Round this town, you’ve ceased to be. That’s what you get for sleeping with the enemy” – Noel Gallagher. It was a childhood dream of mine to visit Cameroon. It was a long hard road since Benjamin Massing’s red card of 1990. It was easy for the Indomitable Lions to beat Diego Maradona’s mighty World…
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“He’s the only swinger in town” – UK Commentator on the Roger Milla corner flag celebration (1990) While Douala isn’t Cameroon’s capital city per se, nor is it Roger Milla’s birthtown, it certainly has a capital city vibe. To all intents and purposes, this feels like a capital and indeed it serves at Cameroon’s seaport…
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After arriving into Sao Tome from Gabon, and getting a stamp on arrival (no visa needed for me at the time), I was backpacking here in São Tome E Principe. My first port of call was my excellent “Writer’s Lair” at Casa De Ferias. I rested here in this lovely abode whilst making onward plans.…
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“There we were; now here we are” – Noel Gallagher. After a wild month, which was supposed to be a quiet one (March 2024), saw me visit Poland, Italy, Romania, Moldova, Gagauzia, Belgium, Morocco, Cameroon and Gabon, I ended up landing in São Tome, capital of São Tome And Principe. I was tired but got…
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“Laughing at the stoney face of gloom when your turn comes round” – Neil Finn. This was a wild one. Life doesn’t get any easier; backpacking doesn’t get any more fun; travel blogging doesn’t get any cooler. This is actually as good as it gets without any need for me to retire, for now. I…
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“Oh my starry eyed surprise, sundown to sunrise, dance all night, we’re gonna dance all night, dance all night to this DJ” – Paul Oakenfold. First up, I wasn’t even meant to be in Gabon. I need a visa for Gabon as a Northern Irish citizen, and even after booking connecting flights in a frenzy,…
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“Would you stay on standby? Because I need another alibi” – Shed Seven. Whackpacking at São Tomé away probably changed my life; again. Well, firstly there was my excellent Writer’s Lair at Casa De Ferias with my host Bernilda, and almost getting stranded in Africa again. I got through it and returned to the calm…
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When travelling in Senegal in May 2016, I was not backpacking there. I was there as part of a Money Supermarket lost luggage challenge and therefore, I had NO luggage. It was a 12 day adventure which took me from Dean Court to Dakar! I attended AFC Bournemouth v. West Bromwich Albion in the Premier…
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