GUINEA CONARKY 100th COUNTRY DAY 232. 20-12-24

BISSAU TO GUINEA CONARKY   100th Country all time,  not this trip.

My Garmin still has not been delivered and I have to move on.Had breakfast with Phillipe and he is having his van fixed here and it's quite unbelievable when you see their operation, but they get it done.

The roads were okay till 60kms from the border, the asphalt turned into dirt tracks and at the border crossing they were the absolute worst and continued for another 40kms to Koundra where I spent the night.

The border crossing was quick and easy and everyone was friendly and helpful and professional. No bribes. 

EXIT GINEA -BISSAU:

Fills out your passport details and stamps your out.

Then your exit stamp on CDP

GUINEA CONARKY ENTRY:

Go to Immigration and you need two copies of your e visa and he keeps one and the other one he stamps which you take with, but does not stamp your passport.

Then go to the police and he fills out all the details about your bike in a ledger.

Final step is your CDP entry stamp

   Was quick and easy and all friendly officers and didn't have to pay anything.

   Entered at 5pm. All above photos are at the border crossing.

Then the road got even worse , red dirt and I hit a sandy section and bit the dust. I was doing maybe 30kmph and the front washed out and I was down and my ankle took a beating. A guy on a moto stopped and lifted me up and then we picked up the bike and replaced the pannier which came off.

Then had another minor excursion and finally ended up at the hotel in at dusk.

   Stopped here for a few peanuts and 

   A coke.

   The house where i stayed in Bissau, and some guy taking rebar to the jobsite.

    The pitch here is in the road where I am staying and you just drive down the right side. The goals are there permanently.

    The soccer pitch, no mowing required.

Was a long and hard 303kms, took forever. There is another route way shorter to Conarky but decided against it as I had heard it was real tough and you needed to follow a route on your Garmin or phone, basically bundu bashing. The hotel is very basic , no shower, they have a bucket of water and you use a cup and shower like that. I was so dirty and sticky that I had to bathe, no towel or toilet paper. That's the way it is. 

Then limped down the road to a bar where they had some European soccer on and had peanuts and beer for dinner.

    The bare bones hotel, but had safe parking for my bike.