Country Info
- Yamoussoukro
- Capital
- CFA Franc BCEAO (XOF)
- Currency
- 16,393,221
- Population
- CI
- Country Code
Abidjan Slideshow
Top Hotels in Abidjan
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Golf Hotel Inter-Continental Abidjan
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Residence Hoteliere Ivotel Abidjan
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African Queen Lodge Abidjan
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Abidjan
Travel Blogs from Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire
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Big Toy entre en cage !
... cher, mais nous ne dirons rien pour ne pas énerver ceux qui prennent les taxis en France! Belle ville qu'Abidjan, moderne, active, industrielle, relativement propre, apparemment peu polluée, rien à voir avec une ville africaine. Néanmoins, il fait ...
De Banfora à Abidjan: destination finale atteinte
... aucun problème, à la fois heureux, soulagés, mais regrettant déjà de ne pas rencontrer quelque nouvelle aventure. Arrivée à Abidjan, 18:00. Nous trouvons un hôtel indiqué par un pote de Nouakchott, directement, sans adresse, sans plan, sans ...
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 ...
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 ...
Last Day in Cote d'Ivoire and departure
... What a mess for everyone. (The writing on this taxi says "God protect us" an appropriate prayer when driving in Abidjan...). With that slowdown, it took us until nearly 12:00 to reach La Mé. We got started right away. I held an ...
Arrival in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
... it's probably best viewed from high above. We arrived on time about 7:00 pm, shortly after nightfall. The Abidjan airport is very modern and everything still works well: air conditioning, lights, luggage carousels etc. I cleared ...
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 ...
Saturday in and around Abidjan
... nbsp; I would love to have taken a photo of the scene, but I didn't dare with tempers still hot and Abidjan soldiers notoriously skittish about having their photo taken. A few years back one overconfident French photo journalist was peremptorily shot ...
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
Today included a baptism, the last part of camp, and our onward travel to Abidjan in Côte d'Ivoire, through which we have to transit to get to Cameroon. Daniel and I were up and out the hotel door at 6:30 this morning. Mr. Fiaboé, and Pierre ...
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 ...
Arrival in Abidjan
... seen the slabs and tasted the salt from those ancient extinct seas. It is a strange kind of time travel. As we approached Abidjan the sun was setting and the air over the city was heavy with dusty humidity. It seemed we were descending from clear ...
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
... of the law and the spirit of the law, a very important element of understanding. Around 3:30 we started back for Abidjan. I wanted to have a bite to eat and get everything squared away for tomorrow, which will be a very full and busy day, ...
Thursday in La Mé
... ; We'll have the baptismal counseling at that time; hopefully we'll have some baptisms tomorrow afternoon. The drive back into Abidjan went without particular incident, though it is a colorful trip to say the least. There were the usual bad ...
Last Day in Cote d'Ivoire
... learned with the help of songs. They sang about being Christian soldiers (actually based on what people have been witnessing in Cote d'Ivoire the song came out "commandos for Christ" - I think I may need to discuss that song with Paul...). They ...
Visits in La Mé and Abidjan
... a bit about our Church and then we needed to leave. It is still advisable not to be out after dark even, or perhaps especially in Abidjan, so I wanted to be back at our hotel by 6:30, which we were. It was quite an introduction to rural Africa to ...
A day in Abidjan
... , because of their mercurial political and military situation. I feel like it is necessary to take the measure of Abidjan every time I come. I didn't feel uncomfortable at all making my way around, through normal precautions were observed: ...
Second day in La Mé
... our Creator. This was very like the widow's mite, they were giving all they had. Paul, Félix, Marcel and I drove back into Abidjan. On the way they pointed out to me one of the four sites where toxic waste had been illegally dumped a few months ...
Travel to La Mé
... have the same currency the CFA Franc. I got a little under 500 francs for the dollar and changed enough for my stay in Cote d'Ivoire. Then I bought a pair or plastic sandals (bright purple - a popular color here) to use in the water if I need to ...
Leaving Africa
... flight connections. So I left my passport at the immigration counter as a guarantee that I wouldn't try to sneak into civil-war wracked Cote d'Ivoire and stay illegally in the country (why any Westerner would try to do that I can't imagine, but they seem ...
Douala to Abidjan
... by the time we were instructed to board. There were rather red but happy Russians faces that finally boarded the flight to Cote d'Ivoire. The flight passed without incident, and we arrived in Abidjan only a little late. Immigration and customs went ...
Almost time to go
... . But the cleaner air was a nice change from the city and then, things went downhill. We were on the milk run going back to Abidjan and stopped at every little village that lined the road. I counted eight stops before we got back to the main highway, but ...
Last Day in La Mé
... Finally I intervened gently and told Houmarou that would need to be our last extra stop, or that we would never make it to Abidjan. He laughed and settled down, and the drive in went quickly after that. We dropped Houmarou where he asked, and ...
En brousse, north and west
... and do appreciate the time you spend following these travels and expressing your thoughts. In a few hours we'll be heading out of Abidjan, north and west toward the city of Man to visit members and interested people in rural areas. I doubt that I will ...
Sabbath in and around Abidjan
... the day is lost) and started out toward La Mé. We stopped along the way to pick up Paul's youngest daughter on the outskirts of Abidjan. She’s a very bright 11 year-old, and was very excited to ride out to La Mé for the church service. I was very ...
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