La Residence Sejours & Affaires d'Abidjan
Travel Blogs from Abidjan
Baptisms and seminars
... asked if they could ride in the trunk, but since the road had many deep ruts, Caesar was concerned we might get stuck if we took any more passengers.
We bumped and yawed and bottomed out as we drove through the oil palm plantations that are La Mé’s raison d’être, and after three or four miles arrived at a landing on the lagoon, brackish water separated from the sea by a ribbon of coastline. Contact with saltwater is much safer ...
Visit to La Mé
... how we believed we had learned to be more effective in our outreach, principally using that medium. Some of the questions required explanations from the Bible, some just current facts, some about plans, hopes and dreams.
One interesting cultural issue that came up was over our office employees selling their homes to move to the office in Dallas. Most Africans never sell their village home. Everyone comes from a specific tribal region and ...
Arrival in Abidjan
The flight to Abidjan, which would be on a 777 began boarding on time. Terminal 2F appears designed for smaller planes with lower passenger capacity. Trying to board such a large plane, with hundreds of passenger, made for a chaotic experience; there wasn't enough room in the lounge. On top of that Africans and other used to African customs don't "do lines", the way some Western countries do (even some European countries don’t do lines very well) so the situation was ...
Abidjan: skyscrapers, Coupé-Décalé and Drogba
... Picking our way home to the damp smell of the drains at the Prince and breathing in this scene of fantastic exhilarating unity I couldn't help reflecting once again how a little round ball can bring so many people together.
Hotel Prince, Treichville 8 000 CFA, 10mins to Plateau, fine really and as cheap as you can get in Abibjan.
Rob Spackman, Accra, 24th February
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Visits around Abidjan
... But I go there in part to be able to eat on the terrace, protected by ironwork and Plexiglas, so I can watch the city move by. I ordered a Napolitaine: mozzarella, anchovies and capers. They make pizzas the Italian way, thin crust, light toppings, one pizza per person.
Most people passing by exhibit the bustle of a big city. The women wear sharp dresses or business suits, their hair straightened and neatly styled. The men wear ...