Ah, the ‘stans. I really liked this part of the world. After a wild series of connections through Addis Ababa, Beirut, and Istanbul, I arrived in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, mor than a day later. Boarding the flight in Istanbul was pretty funny. Anyone with a western passport had to get in a different…
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I didn’t find Libreville, the capital of Gabon, to be anything special. When I arrived, the visa process took much longer than necessary. My passport disappeared a few times, and I was the absolute last person from my plane still waiting around (by a long shot) when they finally gave me the visa. The first…
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My time in Zimbabwe was cut seriously short because of a clerical error. When I arrived in Zambia, I told the border guard that I had the Kaza visa for both Zambia and Zimbabwe. She didn’t pay attention and only gave me an entry visa for Zambia — not the shared visa. Thus, after my…
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After flying through Ethiopia, I arrived in Lusaka, the capital of Zambia. I had paid for the combined Zambia-Zimbabwe visa online, had only carry-on luggage, and had printed my visa paper. I breezed through immigration and went out to find the check-in area for regional carrier Proflight Zambia, which would take me over to Livingstone,…
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I flew from Bissau, Guinea-Bissau through Dakar, Senegal to Conakry, Guinea. Official policies online said to expect a thorough review of paperwork for my COVID vaccination and a recent test (which I got in Bissau). I had to show neither. The process was ultra-relaxed, and I was out of the airport quickly. I stayed at…
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