by Phil Paoletta | Mar 13, 2021 | Senegal
Le Perroquet in Ziguinchor would have to be up there with one of the best budget hotels in West Africa. Contact: +221 33 991 23 29 and hotel.le.perroquet@gmail.com. They are also on the web at http://hotel-le-perroquet.com. It’s centrally located in Ziguinchor and is...
by Phil Paoletta | Feb 6, 2021 | Tips
You would think that with the large distances between most capital cities in West Africa, intra-regional air travel would be thriving. In fact, it is the opposite. There are not many carriers, operational costs are high, and most people living in the region...
by Phil Paoletta | Feb 5, 2021 | Tips
Ok, cheap flights could be a stretch. This guide will help you find the most reasonable flights possible to a region that is shamefully underserved by global airlines. This is not Europe or Southeast Asia. Instead of hundreds of arrivals and departures, there are...
by Phil Paoletta | Jan 20, 2021 | Ghana, Liberia, Senegal, Sierra Leone
I just recently watched The Endless Summer for the first time. Any images from that immediate postcolonial period in West Africa are to be treasured, and this film offers a unique angle with a sport that many West Africans on the coast were likely seeing for the first...
by Phil Paoletta | Jan 19, 2021 | Guinea
Guinea, often called Guinea-Conakry to distinguish it from its neighbor to the west, is not known for its infrastructure. Despite a proliferation of road projects manned by Chinese companies, the transport network remains one of the weakest in the region. This does...
