The Main Road

This is how the badly damaged main road between Benguela and Lubango looks like. Angola along with the rest of Central Africa has (without doubt) got the worst roads on the planet. They are kept in that way since all the money supposedly put into the countries for infrastructure ends up in the corrupt governments bankaccounts.

The long ride

April 24th 2007
3000 km separated me from Aili who was in Cape Town, not that the corrupt immigration officers at Lobito harbour cared. On the contrary they did their best to hinder me to get down to Cape Town by refusing me to leave the boat. After 36 hours they realized I wasn’t going to pay any bribes and I was finally let ashore. I wasn’t allowed to stay with my friend Kabila, a ... read more

Africa » Angola » South » Santa Clara

Angola has begun to enjoy the fruits of peace since the end of a 27-year civil war in 2002. Fighting between the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), led by Jose Eduardo DOS SANTOS, and the National Union for the Total Independence o... ... read more

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