Bissau

Places to note:

CISCO - Cyber cafe (Internet) on SETC road

Malaika Hotel - very nice new moderately priced hotel in the Central area - outdoor rooftop bar / restaurant to open soon - The Artwork is the very well done in an African - Bissau modern manner (wall painting are in reception area and lobby bar) MalaikaBissauHotel@gmail.com ; +245 20 7474

Gelataria Baiana (Parq Ché Guevara) cool place to hang out (no a/c but the seen eliminates the heat) good music selection

Buba

Getting from Buba to Guinea-Conakry is no small task; the travel options are limited and roads are like a motorcross track. The rainey season must add a bit of fun. Spending the night in Buba at the Pousada Bela Vista was not necessary in retrospect, however it did give the opportunity to check out the pier (again nop operational Ferry or boat system). The River looked great for fishing and boats were leaving the hunting and fishing club in the early morning.

The Parue Natural da Lagoa de Cafatada is next to the river and the Pousada Bela Vista (lodge near the peir). While there is no Solar, the area is quite nice. (IBAP - 207106).


Guinea-Bissau to Guinea-Conakry

From Buba the path leads to Quebo which again is a wait on the side of the rode for transportation kind of place. This resulted in a night spent in Cuntabane that reulted in being the entrance to the being of the no man's land between Guinea-Bissau and Guinea-Conakry. The people in Cuntabane were extremely accommodating. This was the first true "roughing it" experience although my guess is that it will be much more raw in the months to come.

After the boarder crossings in the "Slave Truck" (aka sardine container - which is interesting as it stopped after a river crossing and the passengers ate sardine sandwiches - we also ate Gazelle stew which was quite tasty) we arrived in Boké and got a taxi to Conakry (four hours). The Guinea-Bissau to Guinea-Conakry trip took a total of 60 hours. One additional note the beach / rain forest area around "Bel Air" appears quite nice.

Conakry

Not much to say.