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I drove around Africa from mid 2016 to mid 2019[1]. I bought a SIM in most of the 35 countries I went to, uploaded YT vids, hi-res photos and just video chatted

• pier25 6y ago
  Woah that's quite an adventure! How come you stopped in Egypt and didn't go back to Morocco? Tunisia is a great country to visit.
  • grecy 6y ago
    It was always my dream to complete the loop, but the situation just didn't allow it. It is impossible to get a visa for Libya, and with the ongoing civil war the safety situation is B.A.D. Even if I got a visa, the Egyptian military wouldn't let me get anywhere NEAR the border. They're extremely protective of tourists and won't let them go anywhere "dangerous". They also wouldn't let me drive the Sinai over to Isreal. Also, the border from Algeria into Morocco has been closed for years, and nobody could tell me what would happen if I showed up and tried to cross. So, unfortunately Egypt was the end of the line on that one!
    • sgt 6y ago
      Have you watched Motonomad? I guess Adam Riemann was lucky with the timing being allowed into Sinai.
      • grecy 6y ago
        A motorbike is usually OK on the Sinai. Funny enough, for the Sinai they don't care about me being kidnapped, they care about my Jeep being kidnapped and used by ISIS against them. So a good vehicle like my Jeep is not allowed across the Sinai, but they don't care too much (or at least you can talk your way through) on a motorbike.
        • sgt 6y ago
          Interesting!