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Very nice cafe with sandwiches, cakes, coffee variatons. Order the small amount, it's already big! :D
Free & fast wifi, toilet, nice staff.
Recommended!

Beautiful camp spot right on the river with sand to lounge in. Came for 1 night and loved it so much we ended up staying 3. Keep this place clean!!

Big gas station. Quiet place to sleep. Clean bathrooms. Restaurant.
Estación de servicio grande. Lugar tranquilo para pasar la noche. Baños limpios. Restaurant.

Amazing ranch in the middle of the nature ! A lot of different private camping spots along the creek or close to pounds. They all have fire pit.

Reliable and trustworthy Mercedes/RAM/Fiat/Mitsubishi-Trucks dealer. Very nice and competent mechanics, who also spoke good english. We went there with our Fiat Ducato and they solved our problem right away.

Perfect view over the lake from this spot. Really
beautiful. We went here with an old sprinter sized 2WD van, but it was a bit challenging. The upper part of the road has some off camber turns and the lower part is a slope with loose rocks. Not terrible, but turning after you passed the helipad is not possible untill you’re all the way down. So depending on the weather conditions it might be good to check the track first. Easy peasy with 4WD I guess.

Very nice campground about 8 km of of the Trans Canada Highway in Maple Creek. $25 for unserviced site. The manager delivered us a fire pit. Wonderful free shower. Picnic table. Large site. There is a train nearby that makes some noise but we slept well here. Take highway 21 north off of Hwy 1.

If you drive up the meadow opposite to the first helipad, you will find a second (abandoned) helipad. It’s partially overgrown and marked closed with rocks, so maybe a better place for camping then the one marked here. Also: here are not visible from the track. Be aware that there are bears in the area, we saw tracks and a big shit.

Still nasty air in 2023, but lights almost everywhere and decent road. Only a bit wet in some places.

Duplex para 6 pax, Baño, cocina con horno, aire acondicionado, 2 hab. 1 mat y otra con 4 camas simples, terraza, parrillas, piscina, parque, quincho. Aceptamos mascotas.

Enjoyed the thali (selection of curries with rice, roti, desert and pickled veg). We are from the U.K. and dishes are different than what we are used to. Chicken tikka is very tomatoey for example. Nonetheless it was delicious and if you are vegetarian you’ll be spoilt for choice. Setting isn’t very nice. It’s cold as the doors are all open with live TV showing inside so better for a quick bite. We ate here twice and would recommend!

Stopped here for Fish & Chips and fish soup. It wasn’t the best but very good and excellent value for money. Only thing was the way the waiters ask for a tip … couldn’t have been any
More forceful and put us off coming back!

Ok for overlanders in a car but they don’t really carry lightweight stuff for bikers or cyclists so wasn’t really suitable for us. Their hammock for example was heavier than our tent 😬

This location is a downtown retail district- with a pedestrian mall. We could not find the shop.

large parking lot in front.
laundry included in the price.
free WIFI.
Big capacity.
1700 HUF for 11kg
paiment by card possible

On weekdays it is a super quiet place to sleep or spend the day. It has a water point and a snack bar. If the cafeteria is open, talk to the owners to inform them that you will be staying overnight, as they live locally and a strange vehicle can be scary. The view is beautiful, especially at sunrise and sunset.

Em dia de semana é um local super tranquilo para dormir ou passar o dia. Possui um ponto de água e uma lanchonete. Se a lanchonete estiver aberta, converse com os proprietários para informar que pernoitará, pois eles moram no local e um veículo estranho pode assustar. A vista é linda, principalmente ao amanhecer e por do sol

Here you can register yourself (OVIR) and get a GBAO permit.

Registration is mandatory if you stay longer then 10 working days in the country and travel visa free. First we went to a hotel (Green House Hostel) and pay $5 pp to use facilities and sleep in the van. They gave us a paper with their adress and a stamp that we took to the OVIR office.

At the office take the door on the right side (outside) and give the hotel paper and passports to the lady, ask for registration and GBAO permit. She’ll make the forms and you give those with your passport to the next office on the right side. Maybe they finish it straight away, or they’ll ask you to come back the next day.

We had to pay 220 somoni pp for registration and 50 somoni pp for the GBAO permit. Both are valid for a month after entering the country.

In the end you’ll have two little papers in your passport. One purple for registration and one yellow for GBAO.

You can take the purple paper to a simcard store to extend your simcard, otherwise it’ll stop working after 10 days.

Great find! We also pay 136 som for our Mercedes T1 van. Insurance is actually valid for one year. It covers up to 17.000 som damage to the car of the other person and up to 33.000 som in medical bills.

good option for cartagena. 56k COP for an AC room with shared bathroom and kitchen.
Secure parking included which can fit up to a medium sized van ( sprinter size). Bigger rigs would be harder as the neighbours also park their cars here. They dont have a " camping" options which is ok because the rooms are fair price.

the whatsapp number mentioned here before is still active. I communicated with Juliana mostly through whatsapp. Best to send here a message before u arrive

Fresh water and dumping station. Free to use

Doesn’t seem active anymore. Closed, no more signs outside, just a small paper on a window with a phone number.

Very nice, large Campsites with private Ablution ans hot showers. We paid for one night 2pers, one car N$ 880.

Been there to get insurance for a moto but they said they don’t do it unless one has a residence here.

But here’s another option: I then got in touch with Gisela from Speiser Seguros and they do MERCOSUR for a min of 6 months, liability only, for currently ARS 9,500 (about USD 25 at blue rate, for a moto.
Her email is [email protected]

These is a car wash and oil change shop were you can use the Banos for 5Q. Nice and clean. they ate close to the Turisto police Park too.

Big Landrover garage, lots of spare parts. The owner, Papa Diop, drives 4x4 (and motor) in West Africa as well and is very happy to meet other overlanders. You better call before, they are very busy. +221 772830070.

They have a department in Saly as well and they sometimes even do car rescue on location.

Endroit spectaculaire, le cimetière d’un côté et la plaine où stationner de l’autre. Port de pêche de l’autre côté du cimetière. Attention avec les chiens, falaise mortelle pour eux.

The last 500m are not adapted for cars, only bikes

We came here at 5pm and open the pop top as I got dark but it didn’t take an hour until someone called the police on us and we got send away….
Looks like locals don’t approve overnight parking.

No vendió gasolina. Ni a precio internacional ni negociandola

Dump station and non drinking water. Free