Subject: Re: Andy reference African border crossings.
Date: Nov 28, 2004 @ 23:14
Author: aletheiak ("aletheiak" <aletheiak@...>)
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well goodbye then andy & be sure to come back when you can
especially with any tripointing reports from out there in africa or
asia

it is not every day that we are visited by a real player in the field
posting from on site
let alone from the third world

armchair yakkers we too have always had plenty of

actual players on the gameboard precious few

so stay happy & go lucky
& vis tecum

--- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Andy HoboTraveler.com"
<hoboontheroad@y...> wrote:
> Hello,
> I was hoping this newsletter was a specialist on
> borders, I seem to be in the wrong letter.
>
> I am very familiar with the Thontree, used while I waz
> in Iraq a in Sept of 2004, but is annoyingly slow for
> quick answers, plus tons of bullshitters who just sit
> around.
>
> There are very few English books for sale in Morocco
> and the travelers are 95 percent French, so hard to
> copy or get a book, I try everday.
>
> Thank for the one great link sent private I believe
> http://www.nicolette.dk/borderbase/index.php
> But does not have comprehensive data on this area.
>
> So thank you and good bye from Essaouira, Morocco as I
> now unsubscribe.
>
> Andy
>
>
> I recommend investing in a travel guide such as Lonely
> Planet's "North
> Africa" or "Africa" titles for details on
> visas/borders. Otherwise check
> with embassies in Morocco if that's your current
> location. If you can't
> visit them in person and they don't have
> email/websites, try the embassies
> of those countries in the UK or US etc. The will
> generally be easier to
> contact and perhaps more likely to respond.
>
> Lonely Planet's thorn tree site is the best place to
> ask questions and get
> up to the minute answers from other travellers.
> The Africa section is at
> http://thorntree.lonelyplanet.com/categories.cfm?catid=9
> Other info is posted to their postcards site. Eg for
> the Morocco/Mauritania
> border, see
> http://www.lonelyplanet.com/letters/afr/mau_pc.htm
> you can search by keyword to locate specific
> countries/themes, eg visas etc.