Episode 11: Welcome to Bangui: A bribe, a screwdriver and a crazy Emperor

02/09/21 • 13 min

We pick up where we left off on Greg’s epic journey across the continent of Africa. On this week’s episode, Greg discusses his time in the Central African Republic. He makes his way from Zongo to Bangui across the Ubgangi River (after having to bribe to get there). Then, he escapes a curious kid holding a long screwdriver who kept following him, and runs into a motorcade with the country’s infamous self-proclaimed former Emperor Jean-Bédel Bokassa. All in search of a cholera shot to get back out of the country.
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Episode 10: Escaping Hotel California to Dance Kwasa Kwasa

Greg continues sharing his stories from his epic adventure across Africa. On this episode, he’s just left Bumba after recovering from malaria. He stays at a Hotel Californiaesque place in Lisala where he hears a knock on the door only to be surprised by a strange creature. Then, after sleeping on trucks, he makes his way to Zongo and enjoys the dancing, beer, and listening to kwasa kwasa. And then, the lights across the Ubangi River draw him in, but he needs to bribe his way to get there. But that’s for the next episode!

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Episode 12: The ride from hell, a red apple, and clean white sheets

In this episode, we pick up where we left off last week. Greg is 1,000 miles from the coast to complete his journey across the continent of Africa. His last ride ends up being perhaps the worst one yet and he enters a Zen-like state to get through it. He reaches Cameroon and spies something on a train so familiar yet so foreign at the same time. Greg finally knocks on the door of a French mission only to have to talk his way in using extremely limited French. Finally, he takes a six-hour plane ride back to Nairobi and reflects on his seven-month journey.

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