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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Lomé market or Kpalimé hills: who shares the Togo add-on?
How to find travel friends in Togo means treating Lomé to the Kpalimé hills as a short Ghana add-on, not a two-week tour.
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Paramaribo nights, then which river lodge?
A walkable Paramaribo week, then the same korjaal or bush flight to one named lodge: how to find travel friends in Suriname without splitting two rivers.
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Honiara or Ghizo: who is already on the wreck boat?
A Solomon Islands travel companion already shares the Honiara night and the Western Province lodge boat, not a pier hope.
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Freetown peninsula or inland: who shares the Lungi water-taxi?
How to find travel friends in Sierra Leone starts with the Lungi water-taxi and a Freetown peninsula room, then Tacugama as a real morning.
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Roça night or the Príncipe hop: who already has the same week?
The cocoa-roça night and the Príncipe hop get easier with a travel companion who already named the same island week.
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Rimini or the ridge: who is coming up Titano with you?
How to find travel friends in San Marino starts with the same Rimini bus and the same Titano cable car. A half-day hill republic, not a cloned Italy week.
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Upolu or Savai'i: who shares the fale with you in Samoa?
Looking for travel companion in Samoa means splitting Upolu and Savai'i fales, a slower Polynesian pair week than a Fiji island hop.
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Bequia or the cays: who shares the same hull in Saint Vincent?
A Saint Vincent travel companion is the other person on the Bequia Express or a Tobago Cays boat day, when Kingstown is only the start.
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West-coast boat or another beach: sharing Saint Lucia under the Pitons
How to find travel friends in Saint Lucia starts with the west-coast water taxi to Soufrière and the Pitons, not another cloned beach week.
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Saint Kitts or Nevis first: who shares the ferry?
Looking for travel companion dates in Saint Kitts and Nevis is easier once you name Basseterre or Nevis, then share the ferry and a Brimstone Hill morning.
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Odzala or the river: who already holds your camp week?
A Republic of the Congo travel companion already holds the same Odzala or Ndoki camp week and the same Brazzaville start.
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Three Doha nights or a layover: who splits the hotel?
How to find travel friends in Qatar is a Doha hotel split for a layover plus three days of museums, souq, and one desert outing.