N'Djamena
Travel Blogs from N'Djamena, Chad
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Niamey to Ndjamena
... in fascinating outfits against the Harmattan winds, carrying swords, bows and arrows and wearing pointy hats. Crossing into Chad was surprisingly hassle free, the police in this country have a bad reputation for being corrupt and subtracting bribes ...
Arrive in N'Djamena
We arrived in N'Djamena at 9:30pm. As soon as we walked into the airport, the power went off, and the Peace Corps staff says, "Bienvenu au Chad." Fortunately, it came back on a few minutes later and everyone got their ...
Holidays in N'Djamena
... I always become so overwhelmed when sitting down to type about my experience. Eight of us volunteers passed the holidays in N'Djamena, partly because of security reasons and partly because we wanted to get together for the holidays. I stayed with a ...
My first week in Chad
... month has already passed. It's partly due to the many changes in setting: first Philly, then the Paris airport, then SIL in N'Djamena, next Darda and the training site, and finally my family's house also in Darda. SIL is a walled compound with rooms ...
Et au Tchad
Ils savent accueillir les tchadiens. Douaniers, Policiers cela est normal mais je ne m attendais pas a passer par la case DST avant de rentrer dans ce pays. DST signifie bien la même chose qu en France, ce sont les services de renseignements qui bien ...
Finally a volunteer
... , I had to edit my last entry because we're not supposed to give our exact city for security reasons, but I sent some pictures of Chad and pinpointed where I am so that you'll know where I am. Otherwise, I'm doing great - so psyched about getting to site ...
Grand mosque (N'Djamena, Chad)
One of the most striking buildings in the citycentre is the Grande Mosquee. From far you can see the high minarets, so this mosque is an important landmark to find your way in town. Chad has about 7,5 million inhabitants. most of them are muslims ...
Crossing the Chari river-Ndjamena-capital of Chad
... Kempinski Libya", financed by Chad's influential northern neighbour. The meeting place of the expats here is simply called "Bistro de N'djamena, well stocked with French wine bottles and goose liver paté. My next trip is with Toumai Air Tschad airline ...
Wild, Wonderful Chad
... most people do rain, in that all business stops & everyone retreats into whatever shelter is around until it's over. Chad is an Arabic nation, & therefore strictly Muslim (unlike the loose Muslim cultures I've been used to from the coastal ...
N'djamena, ville centenaire...
Encore à N'djamena, en un an, pas beaucoup de changements visibles, la place de la nation a été achevée, l'hopital de la mère et l'enfant ...
A stop-over in Ndjamena
When the descent had begun I thought we were having an emergency landing. A flat scorched landscape as far as the eyes can see. That was, and I think still remains, ...
news from Chad
... 't get evacuated ! Update from 2/2 Ndjamena: General situation: In the middle of the morning rebel troops entered N'djamena and engaged in combat with government troops near the parliament and the presidential palace. The shots from heavy artillery ...
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