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The travels of Charline Ribotta

Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2023 11:13 am
by Rechardt
Does anyone else follow the overland travels of Charline Ribotta?--- Facebook blog
I have been following it since she started out over a year ago from France to Africa.
I'm particularly perturbed by her traumatic experiences she had in Namibia.

I'm hoping Namibia is not turning into another South Africa.

https://www.facebook.com/604953476/post ... tid=Nif5oz

Re: The travels of Charline Ribotta

Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2023 11:43 am
by jakeslouw
I'm confused: Namibia is in Africa, right? And these practices are common throughout Africa, right? So why the dismay?

JAFAS. Just Another Fooked African State.

Re: The travels of Charline Ribotta

Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2023 12:17 pm
by Rechardt
This kind of incidents were never heard of in Namibia.

Angola, Zambia, South Africa yes...

Re: The travels of Charline Ribotta

Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2023 12:37 pm
by jakeslouw
TIA

Was just a matter of time.

Re: The travels of Charline Ribotta

Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2023 3:22 pm
by HenriSteyn
Such a pity. 5 weeks in Nam in 2018 and we only have praise for the place. Many tourists flying solo then.
Ai!

Re: The travels of Charline Ribotta

Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2023 5:57 pm
by Prof
Some more info and reports on travels here...

https://www.charlineoverlanding.com/

Re: The travels of Charline Ribotta

Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2023 8:51 pm
by Disco Nic
Hmm. 🤔

Re: The travels of Charline Ribotta

Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2023 8:39 am
by Hedgehog
If I am honest, I find the fact that she encountered 3 issues in Nam, a bit of a stretch. Something does not compute.

Re: The travels of Charline Ribotta

Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2023 5:36 pm
by Mad Manny
So she had a very bad incident on Sunday 15 January.
Another one barely a week.later on 23 January.
Then on 24 January, a day after incident 2 took.place, she suffered a 3rd incident.

The 1st on was between Otavi and Otjiwarongo.
The 2nd was at Tiger Reef camp site.
The 3rd in a Parking lot in Walvis.

For security reasons she will only give more details once she is safely out of Nam?

I agree with the Hog in the Hedge - something don't add up...


Re: The travels of Charline Ribotta

Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2023 6:55 pm
by HenriSteyn
On her FB page she does give more details of the theft and bribery incident, but does not say anything about the assault by the two policemen.

Then it looks like she is in Atlantis Dunes.

Then within a few days she is in Malawi.

Her posts are not daily and thus confusing how she gets around so quickly. Or not.