Cliff is spot on. There are places in Africa you don't want to see. So you have to be careful. As soon as you talk they as soon as you talk and people know you are American and you can very easily become someones meal ticket ransom. Then there are places like NBO that are not bad if you can get used to the African way of doing things. If you've never flown here before it can take a lot of getting used to.

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