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 visited 4
Kilometres driven  5,500
Km on unpaved roads, ranging from reasonably good laterite to downright poor donkey track: About 1,000
Oil consumed ½ 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 campsites 16
Nights in hotels:Â 9
Number of hotels 5
Per night Cost of Camping $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/Picnic 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.
