Country Info
- Luanda
- Capital
- Kwanza (AOA)
- Currency
- 10,366,031
- Population
- AO
- Country Code
Angola Slideshow
Angola
Travel Blogs from Angola
See three countries for the price of one!
Standing in Namibia, looking out to Angola on the left, and Zambia on the right! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuando_River ...
Viva a Liberdade
The next day, after a two hour flight, I finally arrived in Angola. It was nice to be back believe it or not. I collected all my bags and my prized possession (my guitar) and the driver took me directly to work. My vacation is ...
Company X-Mas party
There was a company x-mas party the first week that I returned. It was in a resturante called Tamaraz... The party was actually really great. The only problem was that it was only the 3rd time I had drank since I started back up ...
Jenman African Safaris & my Angolan 4x4 Expedition
... were told by Jenman when we enquired about the Angola trip, that we shouldn’t expect an extensive game viewing experience in Angola and that the game sightings would be ‘special’, rather than an “every day” experience. ...
First night on the Kunene
After replenishing supplies at Opuwo, we headed for Ruacana from where we followed the Kunene river to Epupa falls. The Ruacana Falls were dry -so we just slept over at Hippo Pools on our way to Epupa. It was a community campsite - a bit far from the ...
The Long Way to Angola
... from now until we leave Sunday afternoon. Jim's Schedule over the next few days: Friday, March 23 -- Meet with ECS Angola Team Saturday, Mar 24 -- Correctors training and teaching seminar Sunday, Mar 25 -- Preach in morning; fly to Cabinda, Angola ...
Leg 1 Day 1
... for fuel and turned the engine off it was gone upon restarting. I guess it just had to be reset. We are now in Angola, Indiana which is a little east of Elkhart. After I get through with the Ford dealer tomorrow we will go into Elkhart to the ...
Early Flight
We head out on our TAP flight early in the morning, finally returning home to Luanda midday. Burity says, "I'm gonna drink beers all the way back to Vianna." I said, "no, point in stopping now, I'm coming with you." We drop off all the ...
Angola, Check.
Monday morning , Jean-Patrick (a Frenchman who had been living with us) and I headed for the airport. First we have no bus arrive but luckly one manager does and he takes us to the airport. Then at the airport I am delayed a while because my ...
Day of Rest
Sunday was just as lazy as Saturday, but I spent a little more time out of the sun, shaded by the grass huts that were already set up on the beach. My friends left around 2... I left with Juju around 5 and finally returned to Luanda around ...
Da Beach Time...
Due to the exorbitant amount of fun undertaken the night before, I decided to take it easy on Saturday and watched a movie (Twisted - Ashley Judd, Samuel L... pretty good) after work and a midday nap. On Sunday, I managed to ...
Bo-ass Fest-ass
X-mass day, I will be lying out on a beach... Yes, is the Christmas Card I sent out, which pretty much summed up that day. The week following Christmas was really great. I had Monday and Wednesday off for Holidays. ...
Luanda
Down the coast road. Pretty rough for 200km but once on the main road just before Luanda it was all go again. Dropped the police escort when we got out of the province of Zaire. Did i say the north part was sparcely populated. Well this ...
Holidays are over...
With the holiday season finally over, things got back to normal - Thursday poker night, Palos on Saturday, and the Beach on ...
Hounded by the Law
On my first day of work, I was able to have a conversation with the Local Officials. I needed to get some passport photos taken, so my driver took me and Sanje (an Indian fella from S. Africa) to a certain part of town. After trying two ...
Food, good...
I ate some of the local food here too. That actually scared me more than the cops. The restaurant would fail U.S. health codes horribly... but the actual food wasn't that bad and I didn't get sick the next day :) The restaurant was ...
Ben Venido a Miami
Before 9 o'clock, we headed down to Miami beach, a club on the Ilah (ill - e - ah). Formerly the Ilah do Coreo (Island of Coreo - I believe), the island was connected to land by the Russians and formed a nice 200 m wide barrier for the ...
Dinner at the Boss's Haus
... here. One guy, from New Zealand, worked for the U.N. and his job was to oversee the removal of landmines in Angola. I also talked to Colin's duplex neighbor. Working as a liquor distributor, he originates from Italy, married a German, ...
Touchdown Angola
The humidity on stepping off the plane takes my breath away and I have to stop for a second to comprehend the heat and ...
Arrival in Luanda, Angola
Finally arriving in Angola! Here are the first pictures of the hotel & views. Not so much but this is the beginning! It's really different from what we know for sure, but everything is changing. But not too fast! Everything is so slow & PATIENCE ...
Ring in the NEW YEAR
New Years Eve was on the beach as well - that's kinda what you do when you live near the beach... frequently visit it. Saturday morning, six of us that set out for a weekend of relaxation at the Schlumberger beach house on Missoulou Beach - an ...
Another Dry Hole
... drilling the third. So my boss then felt inclined to inform me that if the wells come up dry, I will be shipped out of Angola back to Gabon. The same weekend, both companies Logged their well and of course both came out to be Dry (no ...