Country Info
- Yamoussoukro
- Capital
- CFA Franc BCEAO (XOF)
- Currency
- 16,393,221
- Population
- CI
- Country Code
Cote d'Ivoire Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Cote D'Ivoire
Big Toy entre en cage !
La journée d'hier a été dédiée à mettre en boite ce brave Big Toy! A 7:00, après une nuit réparatrice, climatisée, dans un appart où nous nous sommes préparé un diner somptueux: 1 boite de sardine + une salade géante de fruits frais, ...
En route tranquillement
Pas grand chose a signaler. juste de la route et .... la deception partagee ici apres la defaite du Ghana.... Demain je vais avancer autant que je peux... et peut etre j-arriverai meme au Liberia pour mon anniversaire... qui ...
Debut Cote d ivoire
Et un pays de plus. Mais j ai une surprise en rentrant en cote d ivoire. Le drapeau que j ai vu flotter a la frontiere n etait pas du tout celui du pays, mais celui de la rebellion. Et la j ai du ceder a un des principes qui m est le plus cher : ne jamais ...
Niega
... plage de Niega. Incroyable de beauté avec un vraiment sentiment d isolement. On a litteralement la plage pour soi. Et quelle plage !!! D un cote cocotier avec la mer et de l autre cote (il suffit de faire 10m) une lagune avec la jungle qui descend dans ...
Plage preferee en cote divoire
Nouvelle plage et il s agit de ma préférée en effet je suis resté 3 jours. Les plus sont : d etre dans un petit village mais qui possede les services de base comme pouvoir acheter de la confiture de fraise pour faire son petit dej. 2 Hotels de ...
De Banfora à Abidjan: destination finale atteinte
Pour aller de la frontière ivoirienne à Bouaké (limite sud de la zone dite des Forces Nouvelles, comprendre anciens rebelles) on nous avait prévenu, il pouvait y avoir une cinquantaine de contrôles avec tentatives de racket à chaque fois. On ...
Yamoussoukro, Cote D'Ivoire
... at all. 20:32 - Bess & Fidel (Playmates) arrive at the bus station and book a seat to Yamoussoukro, the capital of Cote D'Ivoire. Six minutes later, Phil & Sean arrive and do the same. 10:38 - Sarah & Buddy (Shared Hallucination) (3rd) ...
Man, North West Cote d'Ivoire
Once the centre of Cote d'Ivoire's rich cultural heritage, the West of the country, now governed by military groups or "rebels" operating under the banner Forces Nouvelles (A political grouping includes three military groups ...
Plages
... es, plage farniente et lecture le tout assaisonnéde fruit de mer. Je pars donc a la decouverte de la plus belle plage de cote d ivoire. La premiere escale sassandra. Les plus. Des ecrevisses pas cheres 1 euros les 4, mais il faut s habituer a la ...
Abidjan
... touriste. En cote d ivoire il y a tres peu de touriste (j en ai pas vu d autre), et c est dommage car la situation est sure meme si tout peu basculer d un jour a l autre. La cote d ivoire a un gros potentiel touristique, mais chut autant en ...
Korhogo Cote di vore
... praying very early. We left kele early determined to get to korhogo where there is apparently a tar road! It's like a promise land! Cote di vore people all along the days people have been so friendly and helpful, I how the warnings are not proved right. ...
Last Day in Cote d'Ivoire and departure
This morning Paul came to the hotel with Diaby again at 9:30. I checked out, loaded my luggage into the trunk and we drove out to La Mé. The detours around the road work on the outskirts of town were even slower than they had been. People that ...
Visits around Man
... was certainly correct. Paul Tia spoke briefly about the group in La Mé and the work of the Church in Côte d'Ivoire. Then I introduced myself briefly and spoke for about half an hour on the work of the United Church of God, using Matthew ...
Heading to yamoussoukro
We had a lazy long breakfast...haven't had an egg for a month and a half! Late start headed for Bouaki and Yamoussoukro, we started on black ribbons of glorious tar but it quickly faded to potholes and slower speeds but it was still amazing to be out the ...
Good bye Cote di vore
... culture with French and seem like a confident nation (haha another Bruce stamp of approval, thanks, I hear the people of cote di vore cry!) Abidjan is quite developed and there's clearly and infrastructure albeit a bit tired looking. You definitely ...
Arrival in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
... arrived. In the meanwhile I talked with an off-duty security agent who was leaning on the desk. He asked why I was in Côte d'Ivoire and what the weather was like at the origin of my trip. When I said -20 (Centigrade) he had trouble comprehending that. ...
Abidjan guide
... Cote d'Ivoire and other countries in Africa that I was and hopefully will be lucky enough to visit while i'm here. Cote d'Ivoire is particularly interesting as it is chronically overlooked as a tourist destination by non-francophones. Despite ...
Expedition into a recent war zone
... in. Some went home to Liberia, Guinea, Burkina Faso, and Sierra Leone, other went back to their homes in the north of Côte d'Ivoire, but the local boys that got caught up in the fight on the rebel side haven't had such an easy time going home. Some of ...
Saturday in and around Abidjan
This morning I was up at 7:30 and feeling pretty rested. I wanted to print my sermon notes, and also a letter of comfort and condolence that I had sent to Mrs. Tia on the death of her 16 year-old son. I sent it to her in November, but I learned last ...
first day in CR
We made it safe and sound. The security issues that we all expected, did not materailze and was amazingly easy for all of us. The aadventure ...
Back to Abidjan and the Presidential Inauguration
Today was the long drive back from Man to Abidjan. I wanted to leave early so we'd be sure to make it back before dark. We packed and loaded at 07:00 so we could have a cup of coffee and leave by 07:30. Mamadou and Seussié were going to come ...
End of camp and travel to Côte d'Ivoire
... the plane was going on to Conakry and Dakar. Formalities went quickly; there is no need for a visa in Côte d'Ivoire - that's a pleasant change from the nearby countries that make you pay through the nose for the privilege of visiting their dysfunctional ...
In Abidjan
... not include a visit to La Mé. I spent the day working in the room. I confirm upcoming flights on Air Senegal and Air Ivoire. But most of the time is spent putting the finishing touches on the next issue of Bonnes Nouvelles magazine, so that it can be ...
Plane change in Abidjan
... and as soon as I checked out, we drove to the Africa Express hotel very near the airport. This is where the men from Cote d'Ivoire, Benin, Togo and Rwanda had stayed during the conference. I wanted to check out the hotel for future reference. Lomé ...
A day at La Mé
I stayed up until after 10:00 last night to have a better chance of sleeping through with my jet lag, but it didn't work, I woke up several times, but still felt pretty well rested this morning. Paul and Veïgène, the same driver we used last time I ...
Arrival in Abidjan
... goes wheels up in a few weeks. Immigration and custom formalities are much quicker and better organized in Côte d'Ivoire than in other West African countries. The level of education and development here is several notches higher. It's sad ...
Stuck in Abidjan
... , feeling threatened, fired into an angry crowd a few years back during "the war" as it's called here. No one outside Cote d'Ivoire batted en eye. I think it was eighteen killed plus more wounded; no international outcry. Imagine if US ...
Lessons in Stoicism
I'm not supposed to be in Cote d'Ivoire tonight. I'm supposed to be in Lomé, Togo according to my itinerary and plane tickets. Today was quite an "African day." In the morning I had visits with several church members who came to ...
Friday in La Mé
This morning I didn't feel 100% when I woke; a little queasy and weak. This happens once in a while, some microbe picked up the day before. I hoped it would pass during the morning, and finally it did, but I wasn't at tope form in the ...