This is a very delayed post, sent almost three weeks after we returned to Accra and concluded our overland trip.

Here is a summary of our overland trip in a 17 year old Land Rover Defender, quantitatively speaking:

Countries visitedÂ 4

Kilometres driven Â 5,500

Km on unpavedÂ roads, ranging from reasonably good laterite to downright poor donkey track:Â About 1,000

Oil consumedÂ Â½ litre

Breakdowns:Â 0

Number of times stuck:Â 0

Maintenance stops 3

Flat tires:Â 1

Nights: 30

Nights camped in organized establishments 17

Nights bush camping 4

Number of campsitesÂ 16

Nights in hotels:Â 9

Number of hotels 5

Per night CostÂ of CampingÂ $10

Per night cost of hotels $80

Most expensive night:Â $110

Least expensive night:Â $0

Days of rain:Â 3

Restaurant meals: 20

Camp/PicnicÂ Meals 70

Border crossings: 6

Currencies: Â 2

Blog posts published 25 (including this one)

Guides Hired:Â 11

And this is where we went:

Our counter clockwise route from Accra, Ghana, into Togo and Benin, back into Togo from northrn Benin, returning to Benin, on to Burkina Faso and back into northern Ghana descending to Accra. Red x”s indicate stopover points.