5 weeks alone  / 2009

Osaka - Cairo : Kano - (share taxi) - Maradi - (bus) - Niamey
Niamey - (bus) - Cotonou - (share taxi) - Lome - (Mali Air) - Dakar - (share taxi, taxi, ship) - Banjul
Banjul - (ship, share taxi, share taxi) - Dakar - (air Senegal) - Bamako
Bamako - (bus) - Segou - (bus,share taxi) - Djenne - (charter taxi) - Sevare - (charter taxi) - Bankass
Bankass - (hitch hike camion) - Quahigouya - (bus) - Ougadougou * wheelchair broken * - (Burkina air) - Accra : Cairo - Osaka

I bought three air tickets during my travel in West Africa. Very flexible trip. 
Sorry no photo because my camera was stolen in a street of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

---  AIR        ---  BUS        ---  share or charter TAXI        ---  HITCH HIKE

I got a Niger Visa in Kano, Nigeria. Nigeria is a real chaos. Power, Violence, and Money always win. 

Good bus company in Niger. But African bus seat are so tiny. 12 hours from Maradi to Niamey.

My wheelchair tire was flat in Maradi, Niger. I repaired it after moving to Niamey. Fortunately, a bicycle repair shop exists near a bus terminal. French is a common language in Niger. No English. Writing and sketch are helpful.

There are not many air flight in West Africa. The price are very high and always busy. It is not easy to get a ticket.

Many tourist and business man in Dakar. Gore island is a popular tourist place. We studied and memorized a dark human history, slave trade. No special accessible equipment at the ship to Gore island, but kind staff carried up and down my wheelchair.

Not good condition of my body. I always anxious about malaria. Blood test was all negative.

Mali is a tourist country. Many French people traveled. This is a nice hotel in Dogon country.

In Burkina Faso, finally my wheelchair was broken. I fixed it at a local repair shop. Another bad luck is coming. A pickpocket stole my digital camera in my small bag. 1 month memory were disappeared.