🇳🇪 Niger: The Ultimate Travel Challenge

🔥 "Where the air feels like a hairdryer set to 'Sahara' mode" Visa Nightmare: ¥3000 "express" visa = just a flight permit (real visa takes 1-3 more days + 35,000 XOF 💸) 2023 coup alert 🚨 Military govt bans "suspicious" photography Survival Kit: 📶 SIM Scam: Cops forced us to buy overpriced Airtel cards (6GB = 5,000 XOF + "special" 5,000 XOF "fee") 👮♂️ ✈️ Flight Hack: Flying from Conakry? Brutally expensive via Côte d'Ivoire. Land borders cheaper but...adventurous. 🚗 Transport: City taxis = Russian roulette (1980s Mercedes with 12 passengers) Private car = 40,000 XOF/day (worth every penny) Sights (What You CAN Photograph): 🏛️ Boubou Hama Museum - Lonely baobab + random ostriches 🦢 🌉 China-built Général Seyni Kountché Bridge (the "we-friend-dictators" special) 🛶 Niger River canoe rides - Watch for hippos! Sleep/Eat: 🏨 Golden Dragon Hotel (30,500 XOF) - "Chinese budget hostel vibes" 🌟 Radisson Blu ($140) - Where UN workers hide in AC ☕ Amandine Café - Croissants that almost taste Parisian (1,000 XOF espresso saves souls) Pro Tips: ☀️ 4PM-Only Club: Sun melts phones by noon 📱💦 🤫 Whisper-mode: Military checkpoints every 5km #Niamey #NigerTravel #HardcoreTravel