No stopping us now!

After four long and hard days in Ouagadougou, we finally came to a desicion. Our days were spent in absolute confusion mainly, one minute convinced we could not make it to Gabon and the next positive we could. All that and the 3 boys with stomach bugs and in bed most of the time.
With a lot of help from some african guides and talking to officials and embassies we have decided to cross the South of Niger, into the north of Nigeria at Diffa where we can drive through to the Cameroon border at Banki in a day or two at the most. We will then drive through the whole of Cameroon and into Gabon.
We left Ouagadougou yesterday morning (weds) and drove nearly 600 km's, crossed the border into Niger, no problems there, and made it to the capital, Niamey, where we successfully got the visa for Nigeria this morning.....well i say no problems....not for everyone else but if you are British....that'll be 100 euros thanks. As the consul put it 'the colonial master has money' ....i felt embarrased but paid up of course with a sweet smile!
So we are now about to eat lunch sitting on the beautiful lush green banks of the Niger river here, watching the locals do their laundry, and then we will set off to Dosso, where we sleep for the night, passing and stoppping a small village on the way to see some giraffes....cant wait.
Then cross the whole of southern Niger in the next few days and cross into Nigeria next Monday or Tuesday. Exhausted just thinking about it!
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