Across the border at Assamakka, we took a long, and unintended, detour via the salt pans of Bilma.
When we finally reached Agadez, we haggled to buy a set of the 21 Tuareg crosses.
We stopped in Niamey, the capital of Niger, to obtain visas for onwards travel. We were glad to leave the Sahel – where temperatures had exceeded 40 degrees – and cross into Benin.
The country became greener as we moved south
In southern Benin, we took a boat trip to Ganvie; a fishing village on the banks of Lake Nokoué.
We camped at Cotonou, the capital of Benin, for a few days,
and had one of our tyres repaired.
Nigeria only granted us a 48-hour transit visa. We rushed across the country – with many stops at road-blocks; exiting into Cameroun at the Mfum/Ekok.
What differences in terrain.
Now that looks like real Africa :-). Fabulous photos!
Seeing the red VW I presume you met other Western travellers en route – and why the 48-hour transit visa in Nigeria I wonder? Nice to see greenery again.