From the odd start to my trip to Mauritania (the Benin airport), I arrived late at night to realize, “Man, this airport is FAR from the city!” Oddly, there were 0 taxis available. I asked around, and they pointed me to some guy driving a 1937 box with tape & glue, and off we went….
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From Freetown, Sierra Leone, I flew to Cotonou, Benin. They’ve set up a tented medical facility at the airport for COVID testing on arrival. You take a rapid test to be allowed to leave the airport, and later you get the results of your PCR test. Since I was planning to stay only about 30…
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Looking at “where can I fly from here?” in Ouagadougou, Sierra Leone was the winner. With an online visa application process through a travel agency and COVID testing on arrival, it was my best destination for flight options. The airport is insanely far from Freetown itself, In fact, it’s on the other side of a…
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Pronounced “wah-guh-doo-goo”, I got my visa on arrival at the airport pretty quickly, since I was the only one in line, then headed out to catch a taxi. I’d booked this flight last minute, since I never got a reply about a visa for Niger and couldn’t go there. I booked a cheap hostel I…
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Since I changed my plans short-notice, I made a booking for the Ibis on the east side of Abidjan, the capital of Côte d’Ivoire. On arrival at the airport, I saw a van driver with an Ibis west side sign. I asked him if someone was coming from the east side location or if I…
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The Wandering Vegan
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My name is Ryan.
I caught the travel bug at a young age, and here are the tales of my wanderlust, surprise vegan food finds, and adventures across the planet.
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