Description
The road from Guinea-Bissau to the border with Guinea is generally not too bad; it’s only the last stretch that suddenly becomes very poor. We crossed the border with Guinea in half an hour, although we were one copy of the visa short. As we approach the border, the built environment changes. Instead of open courtyards with square houses, we see small round cottages with thatched roofs within a fence made of branches and small trees. We drive along a dreadful road to the first town to exchange money and buy a SIM card. The brightly coloured dresses have disappeared: women mainly wear sombre shades. The headscarves, which had previously been carefully chosen to match the colour of their clothes and gracefully tied, have here often been replaced by large pieces of cloth, used more to conceal than to adorn. Guinea must surely be the undisputed champion when it comes to transporting goods on rooftops. And often there’s someone sitting on top of the pile as well. We drive to Labé along an excellent road through a park-like landscape with trees of all shapes and sizes. As we approach Labé, we notice that the surroundings are becoming more prosperous. Instead of round huts, there are (often large) stone houses, and every village has a budget for a new mosque. In Labé, we end up at the market with Brave Dodo. We’ve made a separate video about Labé. After Labé, the road fully lives up to our expectations of Guinea: tarmac with huge potholes that all the traffic weaves around. We find another brilliant spot for wild camping. When we stop along the way to buy bread, women crowd round the car.
We visited Guinea on our overland trip by car (a Toyota LandCruiser 4WD campervan) from West-Africa; see our channel https://www.youtube.com/user/JanvanBekkum for hundreds of clips. More clips of Guinea can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMYlw_C7EP8KqyTKPnPCZ38MjsZxf_bkB.
Music and/or sound effects:
- 'Infinite my Suga' cdistributed by Pixabay ((https://pixabay.com);
- 'End of Days' by Purple Planet Music (http://www.purple-planet.com/);
-'Mandeville' by Kevin MacLeod. Link: www.incompetech.com. License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/;
- 'Symphony of the Streets. Hip-Hop Background Music for video 60 second' created by Maksim Dudchyk and uploadexd from Pixbay (https://pixabay.com/nl/music/orkestraal-symphony-of-the-streets-hip-hop-background-music-for-video-60-second-476679/).;
- 'Calm inspiring technology logo short version' created by Alex Zavesa, distributed by Pixabay (https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/film-special-effects-calm-inspiring-technology-logo-short-version-518993/).