Episode notes
📍 Location
Monrovia, Liberia — November 19
📝 Episode Notes
Today I set out with the idea that I’d check out the Diana Hotel and then head straight to the Ivory Coast embassy to pick up my visa and continue my journey. Simple plan — or so I thought.
On the way there, I had to detour around a fallen tree someone was clearing from the road, but that was easy enough. Once I got to the embassy, they went through my paperwork: the application, my reasons for traveling, the passport photo — all in order. But then came the question that mattered: When will the visa be ready?
The answer—three to five days—hit me like a flat tire. I had been counting on walking out with the visa today. The woman behind the counter softened it a bit, saying maybe later today or maybe tomorrow morning ...