Stories

Morocco

A Carpet for the Motorcycle

My motorcycle gets a spot on the red carpet. For ten euros I get a room too, though it comes with a few extras I did not book.

Mariusz with children in front of a blackboard

Benin

My Hour of Glory at the Collège d’Excellence

Sixty schoolchildren are waiting, and I can already picture myself riding into the schoolyard to thunderous applause. My grand entrance turns out rather differently from the plan.

Filling the motorcycle from bottles using a funnel

Republic of the Congo

Running Dry in the Congo

After Cameroon’s muddy tracks, I want one thing above all: dry roads. Things do turn dry, just not quite as I had imagined.

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21 Stories

Spain · Morocco
Pre-Africa Jitters
Morocco
All in My Head?
Morocco
Just a Little Shortcut
Morocco
A Carpet for the Motorcycle
Mauritania
Mauritania: Where Africa Begins
Mauritania
“I am sorry Sir, I have no fish”
Mauritania · Côte d’Ivoire
New Route, Wrong Visas
Côte d’Ivoire
Right in the Middle of Adjamé Liberté
Mauritania
The Treasure of Mauritania
Mali
Hotel Customs
Benin
My Hour of Glory at the Collège d’Excellence
Benin
The Angel of Benin
Nigeria
“This is Lagos”
Nigeria · Cameroon
Pirates, Separatists or Kidnappers?
Cameroon
Encounters in Cameroon
Republic of the Congo
Running Dry in the Congo
Republic of the Congo
Long Live African Bureaucracy!
Republic of the Congo · DR Congo
Five Million More Grey Hairs
Angola
Staying with the Bikers
Namibia
“Africa for Dummies”
Namibia
The Mile Swindle, Diamonds and Restricted Zones