Angola Travel Blogs

Despedida
Mar 28, 2009 (17 photos)

Não vou concluir o blog com reflexões muito profundas e pseudo-intelectualóides de um pretensioso super-homem com bagagem de vida suficiente para dar uma de alto moralista. Vou deixar os Outkast e o Cee-lo fazerem isso por mim, com o refrão de um som de 1995 ...

Enfin l angola
May 21, 2009 (46 photos)

... car au lieu d attendre 10jours comme les autres demandeurs, j ai eut le droit au traitement d urgence en 3 jours c etait fait. L angola c etait tres cher. Si on trouve un hotel a 50 dollars, tu peux etre tres content. Mais les gens sont surper gentil. ...

Day 13 - Sunset Cruise
Aug 26, 2005

... River. Very peaceful, although a bit contriversal. Not only did we drift past a number of people trying to take their evening baths, but we did also made a brief, yet "illegal", stop in Angola. The local kids didn't seem to mind though. :)

Angola
Jul 25, 2009

... truck drove up to where we could get a good photo of the thin needle-like structure of the Mausoleum of Agostinho Neto, Angola's first president.  Driving down the coast road we visited the Miradouro de Lua, a veritable moonscape of rust and silver- ...

Angola's Story
Jul 21, 2009 (12 photos)

... irrational border officials. There was a group sigh of relief when, with only an hour or two delay, we obtained access into Angola. However initially we were not able to extend our 5-day visa, which left an unrealistic expectation that we could drive over ...

Chegando à casa
Mar 28, 2009 (16 photos)

A tarde já se despedia e quando assim é, as perspectivas de avançar convenientemente são anorécticas. Ainda assim e para que não ficasse com uma má ideia do meu próprio país quando tivesse de o comparar com os outros, as boleias apareceram umas atrás das outras. Até ...

Angola, Indiana
Jul 31, 2008 (1 photos)

Don was interviewed yesterday by Margie Metzger, of the Sturgis (Michigan) Journal. Margie's story is at http://www.sturgisjournal.com/news/x64718147/Long-hike.

Cabinda
Mar 27, 2009 (7 photos)

... hitleriano cego. Entretanto foi esse sentimento que me deu uma fraqueza nos joelhos, me obrigou a sentar, tirar a minha bandeira de Angola que tinha estado no fundo da mochila desde o início da minha viagem e, aproveitando o raro momento de solidão que tive ...

Angola
Sep 8, 1986

Another 3 years in sub-saharian Africa. That was just great: except for school and homework, I remember very well my outdoor activities: tennis; sailing (that is, sailing classes); going every weekend to remote beaches by boat, with family and friends, ...

Lets see how this thing works
Oct 24, 2000

lets see how this thing works

Compromisso
Feb 16, 2009 (15 photos)

Na finalização do projeto não poderiamos deixar de desafiar os universitários de Angola a se comprometerem em dar continuidade ao evangelismo na universidade. Estamos na ultima semana e o projeto não acabou. Este foi o primeiro projeto missionário feito neste ...

Angola, IN
Jul 12, 2007

If you are ever in Angola, IN be sure to stop by a little place called Zesto.  It is the cutest little icecream shop with all different flavors and mixes, they also have chili dogs, etc.  It is really neat, but the best part is they have like a ...

Domingo na praia - The Story's End
Mar 19, 2006

The next morning, we wake up, side-by-side, buckled in, dry mouthed, head pounding, inside his car, right in front of his father's house.  We both look at each other and start laughing. "Heck, what a night. Lets go to the beach."  We drive to ...

Shaggy and Jesus
Aug 16, 2005 (2 photos)

... in one night, delivering presents to all the kids of the world is completely false!!  He doesn't exist!!   Here in Angola, I am really safe and there is no need to worry.  Every day I am blessed, literally.  I work with ...

Disco Fever at Palos
Aug 19, 2005

I have had a full week.  Last weekend, again I took advantage of my ability to see the night life in Luanda.  On Friday, I went to this club called Apollo.  There were three levels.  Starting from a dance floor, a huge projector ...

B-Day Party...
Aug 27, 2005

    The following night, Erlind and I joined Sabina and her friends for a birthday party.  About six of us went to a restaurant on the Ilah to celebrate Isabel's birthday. We paid $30 to eat and drink all we could.  There was ...

Surfin' Safari
Jan 14, 2006

I woke up to what I found to be a paradise...   and immediately took to the water.  However, there were no waves at all... the surf was completely flat.  Juju had warned me not to have any high expectations, so I wasn't too surprised.& ...

Hungry AFRICANS
Sep 2, 2005

Towards the end of Friday, Sabina and I had a meeting in the conference room.  She dialed Menuxa's number, re-introduced me in Portuguese, handed me the phone, and left.  My knowledge of the language is rather limited, I speak a form, what I ...

UFC
Sep 10, 2005

Saturday, I was able to drag myself to Club Miami Beach one last time.  I have been shaving my head since my first arrival here in Africa; however, I did something special for this last nigh - I cut a Mohawk.  I actually really enjoyed my new ...

Heart Lubrication
Sep 11, 2005

    Sunday I went to the beach for one last swim in Angola.  Accompanied by Manuel and Iesha (our new Kazakhstan roommate), we enjoyed the sun - swam and played volleyball and football.  Once we returned home and after I packed ...

Ho-Ho-Ho
Dec 24, 2005 (5 photos)

So that brings me to today...  Christmas Eve Day.  Along with all the busy work I had to complete this week, my one remaining roommate Matty (all the rest were either offshore or home for the holidays) and I decided to have a Christmas party.& ...

Jerry's Thoughts...
Sep 5, 2005

Although there are many problems here - overpopulation, poverty, not to mention the piles upon piles of garbage that line the streets, waterways, beaches, and hillsides - I still have found a certain comfort and sense of belonging here... namely ...

In and Out
Mar 20, 2006

I returned to Angola and had about a week there.  Before I could enjoy myself again, I was out back in the field on another job.  My boss's boss came to me and asked, "Kyle, you learned how to program gauges in school, right?"  "Yes that's ...

The title
Jun 17, 2009

The title

Angola
Aug 17, 1972

Angola

test
Mar 13, 2006 (1 photos)

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Moukwa - E Disco
Mar 19, 2006

As Burity said before, "when I drink with my friends, we all must be even beer for beer." So I ask the guy when we finally pull off to get some beers, "how many have you had since we were last together?" "Well, I had one there and a couple there, overall ...

Boxing Day - who's Fighting?
Dec 26, 2005 (5 photos)

So, supposedly there's this holiday, that people in the UK and Canada, celbrate the day after x-mas.  Since I live and work with a couple of gents from thar... we celebrated at our house on Avenunda Portugal.  We had a nice dinner, smoked the ...

More Work... Less Play
Jan 16, 2006

No work in Angola, I must return to Port Gentil, Gabon - I love this job.

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Jan 31, 2006

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