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Contents
The Authors 13 Southern Libya
Libya Directory
136
138

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Transport in Libya 140
Getting Started
Morocco 142
Itineraries 24 Rabat 147
Around Rabat 151
Snapshot 32 The Mediterranean
Coast & the Rif 151

History 33 The Atlantic Coast

Central Morocco &
the Atlas Mountains
169

178
The Culture 38 Morocco Directory
Transport in Morocco
190
194

African Music 47 Sudan 197

Environment 51 Khartoum
Around Khartoum
201
205

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Northern Sudan 206
Africas Wildlife Eastern Sudan 207
South of Khartoum 208
Africa & Development: Sudan Directory 209
What Gives? 62 Transport in Sudan 211

Tunisia 213
North Africa 67 Tunis 218
Northern Tunisia 223
Algeria 68 Central Tunisia
Southern Tunisia
227
232
Algiers 73 Tunisia Directory 239
Northern Algeria 75 Transport in Tunisia 241
Central Algeria 75
Southern Algeria 75
Algeria Directory 77 West Africa 243
Transport in Algeria 79

Egypt 82 Benin 244

Cotonou 247
Cairo 86 Southern Benin 252
Around Cairo 98 Northern Benin 255
Sinai 98 Benin Directory 257
Suez Canal 102 Transport in Benin 259
Red Sea Coast 103
Mediterranean Coast
Western Desert
104
108
Burkina Faso 261
Ouagadougou 265
Nile Valley 111
Southern Burkina
Egypt Directory 120 Faso 269
Transport in Egypt 123 Northern Burkina
Faso 272
Libya 126 Burkina Faso
Directory 273
Tripoli 131 Transport in Burkina
Northern Libya 134 Faso 274
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Cameroon 276 The South

Guinea-Bissau
378 Petite Cte & Sin-
Saloum Delta 488
Yaound 280 Directory 379 Casamance 490
Western Cameroon 284 Transport in Guinea- Senegal Directory 494
Bissau 381 Transport in
Southern Cameroon 293
Senegal 496
Northern Cameroon 294
Liberia 382
Eastern Cameroon
Cameroon Directory
299
299 Monrovia 386 Sierra Leone 498
Transport in The Coast 387 Freetown 502
Cameroon 302 The Interior 387 Around Freetown 506

303
Liberia Directory 388 Northern Sierra
Cte dIvoire Transport in Liberia 389 Leone 507
Southern Sierra
391
Abidjan 307 Leone 508
The Eastern Coast 309 Mali Sierra Leone
The Western Coast 309 Bamako 395 Directory 508
The Centre 310 Niger River Route 401 Transport in Sierra Leone 510
The North 310
512
Dogon Country
Cte dIvoire
Directory 311
(Pays Dogon) 410 Togo
Southern Mali 414
Transport in Cte dIvoire 313 Lom 515
Western Mali 414
Around Lom 519
314
Mali Directory 415
Southern Togo 520
The Gambia Transport in
Northern Togo 521
Banjul 318 Mali 417
Togo Directory 523
420
Serekunda & the Transport in Togo 525
Atlantic Coast 320 Mauritania
Around Banjul & Serekunda 325
Nouakchott 424
Lower Gambia River 325
The Atlantic Coast 426 Central Africa 527
Upper Gambia River 326
The Adrar 427
The Gambia Directory 327
The Road to Mali 430
Central African
528
Transport in the
Mauritania
Gambia 329
Directory 430 Republic
Ghana 330 Transport in
Mauritania 431
Bangui
Around Bangui
532
533

434
Accra 335 Around CAR 533
The Coast 342 Niger CAR Directory 534
The Centre 345 Niamey 437 Transport in CAR 536
The North 348
538
Southwest Niger 442
The East 350 Southeast Niger 443 Chad
Ghana Directory 350 Northern Niger 445 NDjamna 542
Transport in Ghana 353 Niger Directory 448 South of NDjamna 546

356
Transport in Niger 451 North of NDjamna 547
Guinea
Conakry 360 Nigeria 453 Chad Directory
Transport in Chad
548
549
Western Guinea 364 Lagos 458
Fouta Djalon
Southern Guinea
364
365
Southern Nigeria
Northern Nigeria
463
465
Congo 551
Brazzaville 555
Guinea Directory 367 Nigeria Directory 468
Around Congo 556
Transport in Guinea 368 Transport in
Nigeria 471 Congo Directory 557

Guinea-Bissau 371 Senegal 473

Transport in Congo 558

Bissau 374 Democratic

Arquiplago dos
Bijags 376
Dakar
Around Dakar
477
484 Republic of Congo 559
The Northwest 377 Northern Senegal 484 Kinshasa 563
The Northeast 378 Central Senegal 487 Around Kinshasa 564
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Around DRC 565 The Red Sea Coast 645 Northeast Tanzania 778
DRC Directory 565 Dankalia 646 Southern Tanzania 779
Transport in DRC 566 Western Eritrea 646 Lake Tanganyika 780
Eritrea Directory 647 Tanzania Directory 782
Equatorial Guinea 568 Transport in Eritrea 649 Transport in
Tanzania 785
Malabo
Bioko Island
572
574 Ethiopia 651 Uganda 793
Rio Muni 574 Addis Ababa 656
Isla Corisco 576 Northern Ethiopia 664 Kampala 798
Equatorial Guinea Eastern Ethiopia 669 Western Uganda 804
Directory 577 Southern Ethiopia 671 Eastern Uganda 813
Transport in Ethiopia Directory 672 Northern Uganda 817
Equatorial Guinea 578 Uganda Directory 818
Transport in

580
Ethiopia 675 Transport in
Gabon Uganda 820
Libreville
Around Libreville
584
589
Kenya 677
Nairobi 684 Southern Africa 823
Northern Gabon 590 The Rift Valley 692
824
Southern Gabon 591 Central Kenya 694
Eastern Gabon 592 Northern Kenya 697
Angola
Gabon Directory 594 Western Kenya 698 Luanda 828
Transport in Gabon 596 The Coast 700 Coastal Angola 832
Southern Kenya 707 Southern Angola 834
So Tom & Angola Directory 835
598
Kenya Directory 708
Prncipe Transport in Kenya 713 Transport in
Angola 836

717
So Tom Town 601
Around So Tom
Prncipe
604
606
Rwanda
Kigali 722
Botswana 838
So Tom & Prncipe Around Kigali 726 Gaborone 843
Directory 606 Around Gaborone 847
Northwestern
Transport in So Rwanda 726 Northern Botswana 848
Tom & Prncipe 608
Southwestern Eastern Botswana 858
Rwanda 728 Botswana Directory 859
Rwanda Directory 730 Transport in
East Africa 609 Transport in Rwanda 732 Botswana 861

Burundi 610 Somaliland, Lesotho 864

Puntland
734
Bujumbura 613 Maseru 869
Around Bujumbura 616 & Somalia Around Maseru 871
Around Burundi 616 Somaliland 737 Southern Lesotho 871
Burundi Directory 616 Somaliland Eastern Lesotho 873
Transport in Burundi 617 Directory 742 Northern Lesotho 875
Transport in
619
Lesotho Directory 875
Somaliland 743
Djibouti Puntland 743
Transport in
Lesotho 876
Djibouti City 623 Somalia 743
Around Djibouti
Djibouti Directory
627
630
Tanzania 745 Madagascar 878
Transport in Antananarivo 884
Djibouti 632 Dar es Salaam 751 Central Highlands 890
Around Dar es
634
Southern
Salaam 756
Eritrea Zanzibar
Madagascar 894
Eastern
Asmara 639 Archipelago 757 Madagascar 898
Northern Eritrea 644 Northern Tanzania 765 Madagascar
Southern Eritrea 644 Mount Kilimanjaro 774 Directory 900
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Transport in
Madagascar 904 South Africa 986 Zambia Directory
Transport in Zambia
1068
1071

908
Cape Town 993
Malawi Around Cape Town
The Garden Route
1001
1001
Zimbabwe 1074
Lilongwe 912 Harare 1079
Northern Malawi 916 Sunshine Coast 1004
Northern Zimbabwe 1085
Southern Malawi 921 Transkei and the
Wild Coast 1005 Eastern Zimbabwe 1086
Malawi Directory 928 Central Zimbabwe 1087
KwaZulu-Natal 1007
Transport in Malawi 931 Western Zimbabwe 1088
The Drakensberg 1013

934 Gauteng 1015 Zimbabwe Directory 1093

Mozambique Mpumalanga 1026 Transport in
Zimbabwe 1096
Maputo 939 Northern Cape 1028
Southern
Mozambique 944
Free State
South Africa
1029
Africa Directory 1098
Central Directory 1030
Mozambique 945 Transport in
1116
Transport in South
Northern Africa 1034 Africa
Mozambique 947
Mozambique
Directory 949 Swaziland 1038 Health 1130
Transport in Mbabane 1042
Mozambique 951 Around Swaziland 1044 Language 1140
954
Swaziland
Namibia
Windhoek 959
Directory
Transport in
Swaziland
1048

1050
Glossary 1152
1051
Around Windhoek 964 Behind the
Western Namibia
Northwestern
964 Zambia
Lusaka 1055
Scenes 1155
1163
Namibia 970
Northeastern Eastern Zambia 1060 Index
Namibia 976 Northern Zambia 1062
Southern Namibia
Namibia Directory
978
981
The Copperbelt
Southeastern
1063
World Time Zones 1182
1184
Transport in Zambia 1064
Namibia 984 Southwestern Zambia 1064 Map Legend

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