by Phil Paoletta | Dec 23, 2023 | Guinea-Bissau
Tiny Osvaldo Vieira International Airport (OXB) may not merit an entire post, but there is a lot of confusion online about the visa on arrival process that we would like to clear up. While there is an expensive loophole that allows for a visa on arrival at certain...
by Phil Paoletta | Mar 23, 2023 | Guinea-Bissau
Twenty-some kilometers inland from the Atlantic Ocean, there is a small town in Guinea-Bissau with a population of roughly 10,000 people. The town is called Cacheu, and it was one of the first colonial settlements in sub-saharan Africa. It served as a port for the...
by Phil Paoletta | Dec 6, 2022 | Benin, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, The Gambia, Tips
West Africa can not compete with East and Southern Africa when it comes to National Geographic level fauna. Expansive human settlement and overhunting are the main reasons for that. But that doesn’t mean you have to settle for pied plovers and green monkeys (no...
by Phil Paoletta | Mar 24, 2021 | Guinea-Bissau
When you think “tropical island archipelago”, you may have images of hordes of holiday-makers baking in the sun. All-inclusive resorts. Overdeveloped beaches and scripted, artificial cultural experiences. The Bijagos are a tropical island archipelago. But...
by Phil Paoletta | Dec 5, 2019 | Guinea-Bissau, Tips
Getting your visa for Bissau in Ziguinchor just may be the most pain-free interaction you will ever have with bureaucracy in West Africa. The whole thing takes about 5 minutes. What’s more, the friendly consular officer will even fill out the paperwork for you....
