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Went to stop here for the night but they are doing some kind of construction with workers parked at the guard rail. Didn’t feel to safe with the traffic and workers.

we stayed stationed here for 5 days. the area is sloping, but it is quite quiet. there are a few drunk people sometimes, but not too disturbing. the people in the neighborhood are nice. there is water in the middle of one of the flowerbeds. it's close to the center on foot and there is a small supermarket and a kiosco on the street.

nous sommes restés stationner ici durant 5 jours. la zone est en pente, mais c’est assez tranquille. il y à quelques personnes alcoolisées parfois, mais pas trop dérangeant. les gens du quartier sont sympas. il y a de l’eau au milieu d’un des parterre. c’est proche du centre à pied et il y a un petit supermarché et un kiosco dans la rue.

Martina. here you will find good French baguettes, good pizzas and paninis also excellent made with baguettes. we recommend the pork panini with bbq sauce.

la martina. ici vous trouverez de bonnes baguettes françaises de bonnes pizzas et des paninis eux aussi excellent fait avec les baguettes. nous vous recommandons le panini porc sauce bbq.

Permanent homeless camp set up. Did not feel safe. Plus you’d need 4x4 if it’s rained.

Pasamos una excelente noche, super tranquilo y seguro. Dormimos en un gran predio al costado de la ruta 7. Del otro lado de la ruta hay una despensa para comprar algunas cosas. Hermosas vistas, lo recomendamos!

This a beautiful campground. 23 large, level, well spaced sites in a wooded area. A few pull-through spots. First come, first served (recreation.gov shows the calendar as unavailable). We spent two nights here, $4/night with our senior pass we were the only ones here, even the ranger never came by. Wonderful vista and nice hiking trail starts near site 16. Vault toilets are the only amenity.

We stayed one night inside the parking lot of the park. Very safe and quiet at night ! We used the water tape close to bathroom, slow but it works ! We recommend !

Nice rest area. Lots of parking, pretty noisy but quieted down after 11pm or so. A handful of others overnighting as well but we had room to spread out

This place looks good, but it's just for cars or small vans, not enough space for anything else.

Military Checkpoint for inner line permit. From here you enter northern Sikkim.
(location might not be 100% accurate, but it was somewhere before the bridge.)

very nice campsite. now with exellent 4g mtc mobile network

Run down camp. Ablutions old and dirty, no hot shower in the morning. Light that did not work years ago is still not working. Typical place of NWR. Expensive without any return for the money you pay. Next time we stay at another camp.

There are a lot of beautiful places here to go. I will upload a photo of a map where you can see the 11 must see points

This is a very large dispersed camping area. So I think covers both the sites listed here. Wet open. And very windy night now! Beautiful views and just a a short bit after the park ends. Dirt road into the area. We could see lots of rigs from the road. No porta potties I could see. Tons of space. I’m sure it’s packed in high season.

Not possible anymore, parc is closed at night.

Nous avons beaucoup aimé cet endroit, garés le long de la plage.
Nous n’étions pas les seuls voyageurs.
Quelques bruits de passages de voitures mais sans plus.
À plat
La nuit s’est bien passée

it's mainly a parking place where a lot of trucks park overnight. With a caravan you can also sleep here for the night.
I was only on my motorbike with a tent. There was no free space outside the tarmac. But at the end of it there was a small track in the hedge leading to the nearby lake. There were 2-3 small places to put up a tent.
The night was quite windy and the wind comes from the lake side, so better secure your tent properly.

Friendly officers. No bribes asked. They just checked the passport and the visa.

Took a mototaxi over the border. A really friendly officer, speaking slow nicely understandable frech, who checked my Visa and stamped my passport. He didn’t asked for any money :)

*** Guinea Bissau to Guinea ***
I took a mototaxi from Quebo to Boke for 25.000 CFA. A local I stayed with in Quebo arranged the taxi for me, so I think it’s a good price. The ride to Boke took around 3 hours.
In the last village before the border I got the exit stamp by a friendly officer without any issues. A few hundert meters further there was a guy in uniform who asked for 1000 CFA without doing or checking anything. My driver told me to pay. Shortly after the border sign we stopped on the Guinean side, where friendly guys checked my Visa & Passport and wrote down the details in a book - no money asked. Shortly before the river crossing there was another officer. He also wanted to see my Visa, Passport and my Corona-Vaccinations. He asked for a “migration fee” of 20.000 GNF. Any discussions were effortless. The river crossing was 20.000 GNF. Seven Kilometres after the river crossing there is the real immigration point with a really nice officer. There you’ll get your Guinea entree stamp.
With a car this border crossing is impossible. The road is really small and bad. Also there is no ferry for cars.

This boutique was completely full and ready chaotic, when I went there. You would have to wait hours. Also they don’t have wifi in the store.
A few roads further there is a small store where it’s also possible to buy Orange SIM-Cards but without having to wait hours.
I payed 50.000 GNF for the SIM-Card and another 50.000 GNF for 4,5GB of data volume.

They asked first for 100.000 GNF and after I refused for 50.000 GNF for pitching my tent there. I went to another place.

I asked if it’s possible to pitch my tent in the parking area. The manager asked me what I’m willing to pay. When I said 30.000 GNF he laughed and told me “That’s nothing”. Searched for a other place then.

I asked if it’s possible to stay there with my tent. They refused.

we did not see the ioverlander warning here. I wish we had seen it. we followed the natural progression of the road and rest of the traffic which is what Google maps suggested. police were waiting and saw us going this way. they claim there is a sign which we did not see. they asked for international driving licence and seemed friendly at first. then they took us to the police station and told us we had committed an offence. they asked for 2 million. we refused to pay, and said they were corrupt. didn't go down well but we stayed for almost an hour arguing with Google translate. he then claimed it was the same fee as motorbikes (300,000). after a while he dropped it to 200,000 without a receipt. we gave him the money, shook his hand and walked out. best way to avoid is to avoid this street.

good food. had chicken thigh and chips. best food we've had for a while. tasty and good amount. chicken was tender. next to small supermarket with decent selection of foods. total for 3 lunches and 3 drinks was 130k.

Nice place to stay, 40 soles private room private bath. At their store front they are selling desserts. I was able to get my bike stored in the entryway area, however there is not much space. The door is also often left open so I didn't feel my bike was very secure, but at least it was out of sight and nothing was stolen.

Really chill spot with a wonderfully nice family. The kids were cute and wanted to play games with us, always laughing at our Spanish. Unfortunately, we arrived late and were too tired to play!

There is a nice space for parking that is level. There was a canopy tent next to the ‘overlander’ spot for shade. The gate to enter the property is extremely tight, but Stephanie’s husband is going to expand it. We are 2.2m wide and barely scraped through.

The showers are very warm, which is ironic because usually that’s what people crave. But here in the desert, it is hot! Toilets with TP and running water. Hand soap at the sinks. Wifi didn’t work well for us, so we set up a Starlink.

Stephanie asked us 20,000/pp when we arrived, but we mentioned the last comment from just a few days ago, and she agreed to 15,000/pp. However, she told us she wasn’t sure why that guy wrote 15,000 for motorhomes, so expect the price to potentially change.

Dog friendly. A trail runs right from the property to the red desert hiking area that most people do when visiting here.

Staphanie also made us coffee as a surprise one morning, and we had bought a yummy cactus juice from her the day before that we can recommend. Great spot for a night on the way to San Agustin!

if you take the second entrance into Cracker Barrel, there is a section of car parking spots right after the entrance on the left. in between the Cracker Barrel property and the hotel next door. they are quite flat and are also a bit farther away from traffic noise. very nice experience here. Cracker Barrel employees great as always.

Open, 8000 ppn, at the camping area you can receive the Wi-Fi signal of UNCUYO, ask for the password at the entrance.