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Charlie Curtis : 28th April
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Starting from their departure in London on 14th March 2009.
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| DIARY : Liberia |
Imagery: ©2009 Terrametrics
Map data: ©2009 Europa Technologies |
| 27th April : |
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Crossing the border into Liberia.
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Arrive in Monrovia. Staying overnight in compound with a contact that runs a mining company; He gave us advice on the route to the border with Ivory Coast.
It’s a complex route as there are no main arteries running west to east. We will be travelling off-road most of the way along logging roads. Apparently difficult; but possible.
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| 28th April : Monrovia |
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Leaving Monrovia today and heading east; Road conditions are likely to be pretty bad. Logging roads deteriorate rapidly especially after rainfall, so we will not be covering more than 40km each day.
Security situation is stable with no rebel activity reported. Heading through the rainforest we reach One Way Village (we didn’t establish the origin of the name, hopefully nothing sinister) for our overnight stop.
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Continue through the rain forest. After heavy rainfall the logging roads heavy going; At times ‘lola’ is up to her axles in mud but manages to pull through everything. In fact we rescue several 4x4 stuck on the mud on route.
Progress is slow. So far these are the worst roads we have encountered in Africa. Ditches, 4 feet deep straddle the road and we have to creep through the forest to cross the gullies.
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