Recap Caribbean & Africa 2014

Now safely back in the USA it's time to reflect on the last three months of travel and try to reduce it to something of a manageable and entertaining summary. It was difficult to follow because I doubled back on myself a little bit but the sequence of locations goes something like this: Southern Caribbean - Portugal - North & West Africa - France & England - Northern Caribbean.

A FEW STATS

• Flights: 32 (including 22 with my five year old boy Sebastian)
• UN countries visited: 20 (Grenada, St Vincent & the Grenadines, St Lucia, Antigua, St Kitts & Nevis, Portugal, Morocco, Cape Verde, Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, England, Dominican Republic, Haiti & the Bahamas)
• Additional Territories or Collectivities visited: 5 (Guadeloupe, Montserrat, Sint Maarten, St Martin, Turks & Caicos)
• Visas required: 5 (Cape Verde, Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone)
• Rented cars in 11 different countries, caught 9 boats, 49 taxis, 5 motorcycle taxis and a couple of pirogues.
• Crossed 10 land borders including the Channel Tunnel.
• Stayed at 25 different hotels

My CrossFit Bartlesville T-Shirt went with me everywhere. Between my son Sebastian, my brother Glen, wife Sara and a few random strangers I managed to get photos of me wearing the same shirt in all the places I visited.

Grenada: 
Morne Rouge Bay

St Vincent: 
Bequia

St Lucia: 
Rodney Bay

Guadeloupe: 
Summit of Soufriere

Antigua: 
At the Anchorage Rooms

Montserrat: 
Soufriere Hills volcano

St Kitts & Nevis: 
Sugar Mill

Sint Maarten: 
Maho Beach

St Martin: 
Grand Case Beach

Portugal: 
At Belem Tower

Morocco: 
Cobra in Marrakesh

Cape Verde: 
Real de San Felipe Fort

Senegal: 
Random guy on Goree Island

The Gambia: 
Bro, Teresa & me

Guinea-Bissau: 
Smelly harbour in Bissau

Sierra Leone: 
Freetown street gym

Guinea: 
At the Sierra Leone border

Belgium:
Airport stop only (hence green)

Luxembourg:
Day trip from Paris

France:
With the big stone pants

England:
Me, myself and the London Eye

Dominican Republic: 
Near Kite Beach

Haiti: 
The Iron Market

Turks & Caicos: 
The beach at Provo

Bahamas: 
The beach at the Hilton