October 20, 2025 - Visa Adventures in Dakar: Navigating Embassies, Customs, and Serendipity

10/11/2025 8 min Temporada 3 Episodio 19
October 20, 2025 - Visa Adventures in Dakar: Navigating Embassies, Customs, and Serendipity

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📍 LocationDakar, Senegal → Mbour, Senegal📝 Episode NotesIn this episode, it’s business time in Dakar. The day begins with a mission — to secure a visa for Guinea — and quickly becomes an odyssey through embassy relocations, long waits, and chance encounters. From the old embassy address to the new one near the African Renaissance Monument, every step is an exercise in patience and persistence.Along the way, we meet Daniel from Hungary, a traveling tour guide caught in his own visa delay, and a convoy of six overlanders from xoverland.com, each chasing their own route through West Africa.After several misdirected visits to customs offices, countless logbook entries, and the ever-present waiting breaks, success finally comes — visa in hand and customs cleared. The day ends in Mbour, a peaceful coastal town where palm trees and rocky shores bring a sense of calm after a bureaucratic marathon.⏱️ Key Moments00:00 – Arriving in Dakar for official business01:15 – Searching for the Guinea embassy (and finding it moved)04:00 – Meeting Daniel, a Hungarian tour guide in visa limbo06:10 – Embassy visit, paperwork, and meeting the ambassador08:00 – Finally getting the Guinea visa (and a WhatsApp copy)09:15 – The carnet de passage challenge: navigating Dakar’s customs offices12:00 – Connecting with the Exoverlander group14:30 – Finding the right customs office at last16:00 – Leaving Dakar and heading to Mbour17:00 – A relaxing evening at a beachside hotel

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