Hotel deals in Pointe Noire, Congo

Today was Congolese Independence Day, 48 years free of French rule. Our boss, Tony took us to a party he was throwing at a local restaurant for his employees. The food, once again, was delicious. We were even given our own Schlumberger tee shirts ...

From Pointe Noire, Congo by pointenoirexpat

... his legs with the incoming tide. This morning we tried a new fish market on Magali's recommendation (she of the other Pointe-Noire blog, working on the Pointe-Noire survival guide website, and our substitute teacher-new best friend) and picked up ...

From Pointe Noire, Congo by pointenoirexpat

I watched most of the Obama concert on cable and was glad of several things; First, I wasn't standing outside freezing my ass off.  Second, I hadn't wasted my time on mid-eighties has-beens.  Why was the entire playlist from my eight-grade ...

From Pointe Noire, Congo by pointenoirexpat

... nous rendre à quelques endroits touristiques. Notre choix s'est arrêté sur Matombi, un site naturel situé sur la côte à 45 minutes de Pointe-Noire. Pour y aller, il faut traverser toute la ville et se diriger vers le nord-est. Le chemin pour y aller me ...

From Pointe Noire, Congo by sepoub

Anyone out there own a Lab?  Well, we didn't dry our off properly after going to the beach on Sunday and he's got a hot spot, which is a bacterial skin infection.  In the states, if you catch is soon enough, you just put some antibiotic ...

From Pointe Noire, Congo by pointenoirexpat

... a month or two later. I’ll end this update with the funny tale of my trip back to France. I was flying from Pointe-Noire to Brazzaville (I didn’t know there was a direct flight between Brazza and Paris (duh…), then Brazza to Paris ...

From Pointe-Noire, Kouilou, Congo by bfayolle