Advantages: edge-of-world adventure Disadvantages: it's a third world country
Well my reviews are nothing if not eclectic: biscuits, a music album, body scrub and now a whole darn country.
When Michael Palin did his 'Sahara' trip I was most disappointed that he didn't visit Chad. It's the fifth largest country in Africa and yet, until the desperate Darfur refugees came across the border from the troubles in southern Sudan, I doubt most people would have been able to place it - I know I couldn't till I went there. I stayed ... ...say I'm glad I did it but I'm even more glad it's done! Still, since it's so unknown I thought I'd share a bit of information. It's impossible to sum up the whole country in this review, but I'll try and give you the basics to either whet your appetite or put you off entirely!
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Chad is west of Sudan, south of Libya, east of Niger and Nigeria, and north of Cameroon and the Central African Republic. It's the 5th biggest ...
dakota196 16.11.2005
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