Best coastal west africa travel guides according to redditors

87 year old hitcher I picked up: He said he has gone across every continent, except antarctica, in every direction, starting in 1962.
In Sudan, in the 70s, he gave the last of his sandwich to a dark skinned boy. He was arrested, beaten, kangaroo courted, and put before a firing squad, by light skinned North Africans not happy about him giving the bite of food to the dark skinned kid. . Ready Aim FIRE. All blanks. He told me he pissed himself, with serious thousand mile stare eye contact. They were ''just scaring him''. They put him in a van and dropped him off with his pants, and nothing else, no passport, shoes, money, nothing, in some very shitty town with no phones or cars or decent water, and told him to get his ass across the border and get out.
And here is an amazing, nail biting book about some random wandering in Africa, a true story. https://www.amazon.com/Timbuktu-Journey-Down-Niger/dp/1594867658
Well off people pack luxuriously, with a comfortable budget, planning meticulously, and end up beyond fucked with no help or hope in sight. I loved that book.
The scene with the kid and the camel skull has haunted me for 20 years.

It will be fun but you better be careful how you turn down food because it has meat especially in the North. It's pretty insulting to turn down food or drink especially if you suggest it is because it has meat.

Grab this book.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1784770345/ref=cm_sw_r_other_apa_i_NAm-AbDX4QEG9

Always come to agreed to price with a cab or tro-tro (sp?) before you get in. Cabs don't pay till you arrive.

Don't give money to anyone begging even if you feel bad. It's a common scam.

Don't pay first asked price and assume you are getting ripped off because you probably are. If have a local have them haggle for you.

Always get a receipt for hotels and if you are ordering goods.

Prepare for the possibility to be hit on a lot.

Only eat steaming hot food unless you want super shits or typhoid fever.

Get your yellow fever vaccine or you are not getting in without the proof.

Don't pay a bribe ever.

Do try to go to Mole.

Check out Kente cloth but those small pieces of fabric should be only like 5-20 cede. I bought like 3 yards for $35 USD. Just remember the fancier the pattern the more it costs.

Prepared to have your bags checked randomly on the road by police so don't have anything illegal, or embarrassing, in there. They probably will leave you alone unless they think you are coming from near the border and smuggling.

The people are generally friendly. Have fun but don't be stupid either.

Anti-malarial drugs are surprisingly inexpensive here in the UK. On the NHS, they are about £2.5 a week + £11 dispensing fee.

Interesting that some Arabic is spoken. I have a slight knowledge of the language.

I certainly will give their native languages a go! I really do want to integrate as smoothly as possible into their culture and way of life.

I've just bought myself this book on Ghana as it was recommended to me.

Another America: The Story of Liberia and the Former Slaves Who Ruled It

The Liberia Travel Guide 2016 - Kindle only

Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War

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