I left my home in Nigeria, 16th November, 2019. I boarded a vehicle on the 17th November, 2019. On getting to the end of Nigeria border, we could not cross over to Benin Republic. We wasted a lot of time in this place. Cross over to Benin Republic, we spent 3 days instead of 6 hours or less than that. We eventually cross over to Togo we spent more than 1 hour for a journey of 1one. In Togo border, I was handed over to another vehicle just like the one I left. Crossing into Ghana with the vehicle, the motor got spoiled along the way. I was handed over to another small car which took me to a particular spot and then,I was handed over to another small car which took me close to Ivory coast border and again, I was handed over to another small car which carried me across to Ivory coast border. From here, I boarded a vehicle which took me direct to Abidjan I took another small car to the event centre. I spent six days on the road instead of two to three days journey. During this experience, I have been sleeping outside or sometimes inside the vehicles and mosquitoes fed on me right now, as I composed this write -up I am feeling feverish.
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Comment from mboeringa on 24 November 2019 at 17:50
A humbling experience and story, and a reminder to myself how lucky I am to live in Europe with good public transport, and that I should not take it for granted because the majority of the world’s population has to do without such basic infrastructure and services.
I hope this edition of SotM Africa proves worth the arduous journey for you.