Journal
Companion notes, country by country
How travellers actually pair up. Trains, jeeps, huts, rooms. Written so each country page can stand on its own. Match dates in Telegram when the week is real.
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Visa first, then Asmara: who is this Eritrea week for?
How to find travel friends in Eritrea starts after the visa is real, then you split Asmara rooms and permit days, not a Red Sea week you cannot leave.
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Malabo or Bata: who already has the visa moving?
Looking for travel companion in Equatorial Guinea is easier once you name Malabo or Bata and treat the visa as the thing that has to move first.
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Zakouma or Ennedi: is anyone running Chad this season?
A travel companion in Chad only helps if Zakouma or Ennedi has a current operator, a 4x4, and a permit path you can both name.
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Bangui and an exit: who is coming with you?
How to find travel friends for Central African Republic. If Bangui is even reachable, share the same advisory, a named room, and an exit. Parks only if an operator is actually running.
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Lake add-on or highland night: who is coming to Burundi?
A travel companion in Burundi is the other daylight seat to Bujumbura, a Lake Tanganyika add-on, not a heart-of-Africa week.
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Ouagadougou first: is this even a week you can share?
How to find travel friends in Burkina Faso starts with whether Ouagadougou is even discussable this month, not a FESPACO poster.
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Afghanistan starts with the same advisory, not a silk-road week
A travel companion in Afghanistan is someone who reads the same advisory and names only discussable regions.
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Canaima or Roraima: is the park even receiving visitors?
A travel companion in Venezuela will check current advice, share a USD cash plan, and name Canaima or Roraima only if that park is reachable.
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Tanna or Efate: who shares the volcano morning in Vanuatu?
Looking for travel companion weeks in Vanuatu usually means the same Tanna morning, not only a Port Vila night.
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Transit stamp or tourist letter: who shares Turkmenistan with you?
Looking for travel companion in Turkmenistan starts with the same visa path, transit or tourist, then the same Darvaza crater night if the paper allows it.
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Carnival week or Tobago reefs: which island is the trip?
Looking for travel companion in Trinidad and Tobago means picking Carnival in Port of Spain or a Tobago reef week, not both by accident.
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Vava'u or Tongatapu: who shares the whale boat?
A travel companion in Tonga is the second paying seat on the same Vava'u whale-swim boat in the July to October window.