i did not enjoy my out experience in west africa

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Anon02/03/26, 13:56No.2860085

Most trails between villages looked like this.I only travel with an IPhone SE camera so I don't really have good photos

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Anon02/03/26, 14:01No.2860087

The small villages outside the cities are literally straw mudhuts with plastic everywhere

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Anon02/03/26, 14:07No.2860089

The towns are worse however as they are covered in even more trash than the villages and have open fish/meat markets that are absolutely disgusting temples to belzebub's flies deity existence. Because the open sewage system has completely stopped functioning it now just collects black water that looks like death, plastic and food scraps that fosters millions of bugs (cats and dogs do still drink from this). So in front of every house there is a ditch of black water with every disease imaginable flowing from it.

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Anon02/03/26, 14:11No.2860090

All vehicles in the country are aid gifts from France/Germany and are sedans from the 80s or these vans that have been stripped to fit as many people as possible inside and are used as public transport/taxis. I saw one of these vans swerve to avoid a goat, keel over because it was overladen on the top with 2-3 meters of baggage and all ~20 people inside get creamed in the subsequent 50 meter slide and die.

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Anon02/03/26, 14:13No.2860091

There are many abandoned sites in the country from work camps to hotels in national parks that make for a cool experience, but also hints at tourism and foreign investment not being in its golden age anymore. The pictured hotel had around 30 rooms, huge dining hall, a dock by the river, swimming pool and what looked like volley ball and tennis courts; now all abandoned with green monkeys, snakes and insects running around.

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Anon02/03/26, 14:18No.2860092

Getting to the rivers is not that easy because of the huge changes during the tides...

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Anon02/03/26, 14:19No.2860093

you need to go far inland to get closer to the riverbanks (and probably better during dry season).

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Anon02/03/26, 14:20No.2860094

And its definitely where you see the most animals.

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Anon02/03/26, 14:21No.2860095

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Anon02/03/26, 14:22No.2860096

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Anon02/03/26, 14:26No.2860098

I don't know if others who have tried Kenya, Tanzania, Botswana, South Africa were able to hike and use local transportation and get to see the wildlife that I've been told is better than is West Africa. But if that's possible, and you don't need thousands of dollars for your trip I'd recommend trying that first before trying West Africa trekking wildlife. People here got sick all the time from the food they ate its unsettling.

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Anon02/03/26, 16:08No.2860105

Everyday I need to count my blessing of not being born in Africa or India. Thank you for reminding me, OO.

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Anon02/03/26, 16:44No.2860108

An absolute miracle, for once OP was not a tremendous faggot. Cool thread bro.

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Anon02/03/26, 22:26No.2860149

>so what countries did you go to? Senegal, the Gambia, Mali, Guniea >how did you get there and did u go solo? There are cheap travel agency flights, or a spanish Ryan Air (Vueling) that costs 200€ in total if you book in advance. I was solo all the time even if I met some people ehre and there. I only ever got one day's ride out of a person I met at a camp or lodge. >where were you staying? did you camp? I mainly camped. I had a hammock tent that was totally useless because either the bush was too thick to hang anything up or the trees were to sparse, far apart or fat (like 3-5 meters in diameter) you couldn't wrap around it. I had a small mosquito net cover and waterproof ground tarp tent that needed to be hooked to a branch to hold up and that 20€ tent served me instead of the couple hundred professional hammock tent. I stayed in some lodges along the river, I was often invited to stay in the village in a mudhut (but then i had to eat with them which was disgusting for many reasons), and in some tourist catered mudhut hotels in towns. >how much does stuff cost on the daily? Buy a 2 litre sealed bottle for 35 cents. They bake fresh baguettes every morning for 25 cents which is good and then you can buy rice, ramen packs, peanuts for around a Euro each. Any sit down place will charge you 10-20 Euros. I really didnt need to bring a small boiler because you can just start a small campfire anywhere and boil your pot of water next to it. (There is so much I didnt know beforehand I would do differently now; for example: no Malaria pills. Malaria apparently occurs to 99% during rain season only). I didnt eat meats or fish after my first two weeks because other people kept getting sick. A bundle of Bananas was usually 1 Euro. Transportation was cheap but I will never again sit in any of those vehicles after all the shit I witnessed driving in those. You can drive all day (average speed 70-100kmh) and end up paying only 10-15 Euro; thats like a +500km trip.

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Anon02/03/26, 22:43No.2860151

>but its the same shit, people are fucking annoying. or want something from you Definitely. This absolutely ruins most of the experiences. The people are genuinely retarded as well. When exchanging currencies a guy with a calculator will come up with a new number every time he punches my sum into his ever changing calculations. So you just have him do it two times, three times and when you see he is suddenly offering you a 150% exchange rate, you repeat his nonsense to him and everyone is happy. I faced a lot of hostile racism in Senegal where people genuinely were keen on beating me to death if I didn't run away fast enough, but otherwise people would just be annoying by being friendly with the end goal of getting me to spend all my money on them. The poverty is also very depressing and I get they are desperate. In the Gambia I saw a lot of underage sex tourism going on and locals telling me of the white lovers they had when they were still teens but then stopped hearing from. Also seemingly every second man in his twenties tried to flee to Europe and had some stories to tell. Many asked how I could help and it was infuriating hearing how many language courses were being offered in German, Dutch and other non English-French European languages by NGOs to help them migrate. >i sneed a "real" africa trip, im prob the only person who seen resident evil 5 and thought wew that looks kino. Similar for me. I see Africa Addio, Blood Diamond, Lord of War, remember some Call of Duty ops or Rhodesia books I read and desperately want to go to those places. You also meet many cool people that way. No one can tell stories like their home country hating ex-patriots who travel with no sense of safety. Every traveler I met away from the coast had great stories to tell of their times traveling through Africa, but sadly almost all of them were in their 50s. You don't meet young travellers in that region really.

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Anon02/03/26, 23:00No.2860153

sounds like you need a guide with a gun + actual definite plans to make west africa work and you just tried to wing it >In the Gambia I saw a lot of underage sex tourism going on and locals telling me of the white lovers they had when they were still teens but then stopped hearing from I could enjoyably spend my life not hearing those stories at all.

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Anon02/03/26, 23:02No.2860154

>any wild animals mess with you on the trip? I didn't read this anywhere but the region is famous for snakes (and scorpions), and there are A LOT of snakes I saw a guy with a handball sized swollen bite area from a snake but I didn't suffer any attack. I had a couple snakes slide over my shoulders though as they tried to escape the branches they were on and avoid me. Of course they only scared the crap out of me and I hadn't seen them before I felt them across my face Insects are terrible though. Every night Id have some huge black beetle, cockroach or whatever cuddle up in my sleeping bag or at least in my room and start blasting cricket noises. In the mud huts it would be so loud you could feel your ears vibrate. So every night I had to kill at least one massive bug >did any "animals" mess with you also? at least three times people tried to break in where I was staying (never with my tent though). But this usually just meant trying my locked doorhandle at 2 am and then coming back 2 minutes later and trying again Senegal had a lot of hatred towards whites, and the people seemed the rudest by far. They only greet by giving a slight nod while in Gambia you say local greetings like "I Saama" > curious to what you witnessed in the trucks? break lines start smoking while were going 100kmh; I sat next to a driver and thick smoke kept coming up from his pedals for a minute straight and after it stopped he kept driving like the problem fixed itself people falling off the back at high speeds the flipped crash I mentioned with 20 killed the interior is stripped and rusted steel and I saw one dude open half his calf entering the van on a rusted door High drivers (they are all 15-16 year old boys since the average age is like fucking 18 the country feels like a school) Every time I drove we ran over at least two animals. Biggest I saw was a truck slam a huge horse and it flew a couple dozen meters. (roads are always full of roaming animals)Absolutely 100%

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Anon02/04/26, 00:25No.2860161

>The nature is harsh, dry, not welcoming You are aware there is a dry season and a rainy season, correct? Here's what that park looks like in June. I think we'd make a good team, I like your aimless style.

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Anon02/04/26, 01:57No.2860176

I traveled extensively through western Ghana and thought it was ok. Lots of walking in the middle of no where. Met some random guys out in a random clearing in the jungle and drank palm wine out of a jerry can. Didn’t see a lot of animals other than snakes and biting insects though.

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Anon02/04/26, 07:44No.2860211

I have a little place east of Mombasa.

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Anon02/04/26, 09:26No.2860216

You're the Dutch guy who met some other old Dutch guy on a motorcycle trip, right? Thanks for providing an update. He said West Africa was his favorite place to visit. How do you feel about him now? You're holding back some of the worst details. I want to hear them, and I'm sure many others here do too. It's not like this place is PC or sensitive.

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Anon02/04/26, 21:01No.2860251

Based thread. Thanks op.

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Anon02/05/26, 03:54No.2860294

Seems like I lost a lot of them

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Anon02/07/26, 06:09No.2860521

>anon learns about africoons the hard way.

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Anon02/07/26, 16:20No.2860574

I've spent a lot of time in Asia but have no desire at all to ever visit Africa or India.

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Anon02/10/26, 04:32No.2860817

Imagine the kind of fag that can't appreciate a tough experience

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Anon02/10/26, 14:48No.2860856

What's the intel on Liberia? Does anyone ever go? I read they have huge virgin rainforest

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Anon02/10/26, 23:13No.2860894

I don't get it, did you hike or just camp? Are there established trails? Is this something people do?

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Anon02/25/26, 03:59No.2862131

I told you, you were gon' get raped, didn't I?Do I really have to post this again?I told you you weren't going to have a good time and you went ahead and accused me of racism and bigotry.Nevertheless, we're glad to see you back safe. You're one of the few genuine people on here that are not maladaptive daydreamers.

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Anon03/03/26, 18:13No.2862656

Yes, you should have gone to Uganda, Kenya, or Tanzania.Regardless though, you have to radically change your outlook on how to operate when you are traveling in Africa. You're walking amongst people who live in abject poverty and there are plenty of rude opportunistic people. I have also met some of the most polite, humble, and giving people too.Uganda, or most African nations, will be like this until you get out to the villages. Even in the villages you'll have a mixed bag but much better than the dense urban areas.To be fair, I've not been to West Africa but I only know of people going there to party.

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Anon03/03/26, 18:20No.2862657

an example of the super nice people we ran into in Uganda.we ran into some fishermen when we were chillin by the water on the Nile in Uganda. they just let us ride around and take some pics.if you go to Jinja don't go to the river nile it's a tourist trap. I was with a girl so it was whatever she just wanted to take selfies at a landmark but to me it was close to niagra falls level of bullshit

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Anon03/09/26, 01:15No.2863067

Jesus. i used to do stuff like this back in my twenties. twenty years on if I'm getting on a plane somewhere, it better have white sand beaches, and good food and drinks.

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Anon03/10/26, 09:18No.2863171

>The nature is harsh, dry, not welcoming good >the people are very dumb and either friendly if they can't actually help you why would you go somewhere where you need help from others? retard

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Anon04/11/26, 17:39No.2865916

nice pictures OP. Wish you showed more of your set ups to share equipment and gear.

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Anon04/12/26, 15:43No.2865997

>hiking in subsaharan Pretty based. I was to Ghana and Kenya repeatedly, but that was always either for work and/or cooming/beaches. Doing /out/ shit there is ballsy, good fucking form, OP.

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Anon05/06/26, 07:56No.2867984

Why go to africa, they are all gonna be coming to us here soon. Thanks fellow suicidal whites!

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Anon05/12/26, 08:09No.2868437

>I went to a shithole and it suckedmore news at 11

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Anon06/02/26, 01:41No.2870588

>frequent interaction with wild animalsKek yeah I'd imagine so

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Anon06/08/26, 13:05No.2871255

I've heard that niggers live there? Is that true? Because I'm pretty sure there are no niggers there because they all moved into the apartments down the road from me.

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Anon06/08/26, 22:56No.2871345

to the extent that majority black countries know about statistics, i wonder if they keep stats on the white minority, like what percent of white people are responsible for how much of the GDP, kinda like how we track how 13% of black people commit 50% of the violent crime

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Anon06/16/26, 14:16No.2872107

Anybody ever do East Africa? I backpacked Kenya>Tanzania (and Zanzibar)>Malawi>Zambia>Zimbabwe back in the day and it was amazing. Almost died more than a couple times via disease and angry niggers with AKs and went home with a whole belly full of worms but would 100% do again and don’t regret. Only took 2 months to do all those countries >also saw my first murder in person and found out that yes, you can stomp a man’s head into a pancake.

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Anon06/22/26, 16:11No.2872610

Africa sounds like an absolute fucking nightmare. Why would anyone every want to visit there

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Anon06/25/26, 01:06No.2872847

I get that it would be an incredible experience to see the homeland of the negroes (in a heart of darkness sort of way) but the nature there, aside from the wildlife, does not even look that good. Muddy rivers, low-growing jungles, dry savannahs... it just doesn't do it for me.

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Anon07/02/26, 01:18No.2873505

uganda, mozambique, gabon, ethiopia, DRC are pretty good, but yeah west africa sucks.

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Anon07/07/26, 23:18No.2874038

I wish more /out/siders would post their outings from Africa. We see plenty of Us, EU and even Asia as is.

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Anon07/08/26, 22:52No.2874107

South Africa is actually great - you get all of the mod cons thrown in and all of the Africa too. It's not generally as dangerous as some people make out, just so long as you maintain situational awareness and are polite (and give tips).

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Anon07/21/26, 05:13No.2875226

I will never go backpacking in any form in Africa

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Anon08/28/26, 21:13No.2878853

Good thread. Wish more anons who went /out/ in Africa would post their experiences itt as well

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Anon08/29/26, 05:57No.2878877

Good one

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Anon09/09/26, 19:13No.2879784

>I went to the worst place on Earth and I didn't enjoy it, how could this have happened to me?

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Anon09/12/26, 15:19No.2880062

Who would have thought that the problem with Africa is the fucking savage niggers?

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Anon09/13/26, 02:55No.2880098

Did you expect them to be smart? IQ stats is the only relevant fact about Africa. I fear for the day those IQ 70 niggers become the majority of the world population.

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