1. It feels special to visit this country as very few tourists decide to come here
2. Easy to make friends with locals, especially with a bit of help from the local palm wine
3. The Spanish colonial architectural heritage (like the squares), unique in Africa
4. Climbing the slopes of the Pico Malabo volcano
5. The Mbini beach south of Bata
6. Some dazzlingly white sandy beaches on the island of Corisco
7. Despite widespread corruption, the state spends a lot of money on road infrastructure
8.
Relatively
clean by African standards, especially Malabo
9. They have some good hotels
10. Bunuelos de banana (Buñuelos de plátano)
1. An expensive African country, even beer is expensive
2. Almost no tourist infrastructure – no souvenir shops
3. Tourists are regarded as rich people
4. The country has abundant income from oil exports, but most of its people do not benefit from any of it
5. We saw many empty office buildings, apparently an indication of useless prestige investments
