{"id":2875,"date":"2011-11-27T15:00:15","date_gmt":"2011-11-27T20:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.worldbiking.info\/wordpress\/?p=2875"},"modified":"2016-12-28T10:44:21","modified_gmt":"2016-12-28T15:44:21","slug":"top-5-reasons-to-cycle-equatorial-guinea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.worldbiking.info\/wordpress\/2011\/11\/top-5-reasons-to-cycle-equatorial-guinea\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 5 reasons to Cycle Equatorial Guinea"},"content":{"rendered":"

Equatorial Guinea should top any list of obscure countries that deserve a visit.<\/h4>\n

Inveterate\u00a0bicycle tourist Lorenzo Rojo shares his reasons for what makes this\u00a0minuscule\u00a0Spanish-speaking country plopped down in the heart of Africa worth a detour.<\/h4>\n

#5 \u00a0Adventure and Discovery<\/h2>\n
One of the absolute \u00a0least-visited, least-cycled countries in the world.<\/div>\n
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Honestly, how many people have even heard of Equatorial Guinea?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

#4 \u00a0A taste of Latin America on the African Continent<\/h2>\n
Have already cycled in Latinamerica? Liked it?<\/div>\n
This small piece of Africa will make feel you,\u00a0in some aspects, like you’re back on that continent. Equatorial Guinea is a former Spanish colony and that language is still widely spoken in this tiny West African nation.<\/div>\n
Communication will be one of your biggest challenges. \u00a0But if you know a little Spanish–or one of the local languages– you’ll be able to get by.<\/div>\n
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If you spaek some Spanish, it will come in handy in this little-visited corner of Africa.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

#3 \u00a0A Paradoxal Place<\/h2>\n
Like paradoxes? You will be in one of the richest and poorest countries of the world,\u00a0governed by\u00a0a corrupt dictatorship but with very good relations with the big “democratic”” countries.<\/div>\n
The reason? The usual one…<\/div>\n
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Big cities see plenty of investment with prestige projects while the rest of the country languishes in poverty.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

#2 \u00a0It’s not as bad as you think!<\/h2>\n
Things are not as bad as some travel guides say (or used to say…).<\/div>\n
Bata is a nice and quiet place, roads are improving, checkpoints are not as tough as they used to be.<\/div>\n
Still you will need patience and tenacity (to get the visa, for example).<\/div>\n
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At least the locals are friendly!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

#1 An awesome way to enter the country<\/h2>\n
The estuary of the Muni river is one of the most beautiful of Africa (or, \u00a0the world for that matter).<\/div>\n
And you have to navigate it either to enter the country if coming from Gabon (Cocobeach-Kogo) or to exit it if going on the opposite direction. \u00a0 A really beautiful and adventurous introduction to Equatorial Guinea.<\/div>\n
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