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A special day in La Mé
Paul Tia and his son arrived to pick me up this morning at 8:30. He had a car and driver, named Ahmed, from the establishment we usually use. We took care of the prepayment right away and then were able to start out for La Mé. Abidjan didn't seem any different than the last time was here. We drove through the center of town and then toward Abobo on the outskirts of town. Abobo saw heavy fighting during the thrust toward Abidjan by the ...
Travel day to Abidjan
... it wasn't entirely dry. That would have to do. I handed the attendant the form she had filled out the day before, containing the number of each item of clothing to be washed. I paid my bill, a little less than 10 dollars, and asked for a receipt. "No we keep the form" said the attendant.
“That’s fine” I replied, just give me a receipt of some sort.”
“No we keep this form.”
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Deported: persona non grata
... shuttle, we were out on the very poor streets and dodging potholes when the driver’s cell phone rang. He was told to return to the hotel to pick up other passengers who also wanted to go to the airport. I protested, to no avail, that my time was getting short short. Back we went to the hotel. He walked inside and stood, waiting. After a few minutes passed I walked inside too to see that he was waiting on two guests who were going through the same paperwork ritual I ...
The Francophone Excursion
Ivory coast
I left Ghana for the first time to visit Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast). They only speak french. I have some (very) small french ability, but luckily we had a contact to take us around.
We spent most of our time in Abidjan, the capital city. Cote d’Ivoire was once considered the golden child of Africa, and had really fast economic growth. With all this money, they wanted to build a 'model developed African ...
Patientez !
... and watched the people as I ate. The truck transporting a group of soldiers had broken down at the street corner in the shade of the large trees, found all over, and that make Pleateau a pleasant district. I watched them as repairs were attempted – unsuccessfully during the course of my meal.
The trees were full of thousands of large bats; I estimated that most of them they had close to a three foot wingspan. They hung upside down and ...

