Hotel Fleuma Luanda
21 de Janeiro Avenue Luanda, Angola
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Aug 16, 2011: Somewhere in Angola
... but this was a fascinating 80 ton slab of 86% iron. Its density meant that when you were near it it seemed to suck in the sound of your voice…a really weird experience. We stayed that night with a man called Johan…a German who was a mercenary in Africa ...
Angola Day 2 of 5 - Sitting
... the hut basically just an arm's length away. A grab to my shirt and a rigorous examination of my passport ensued. On my part, I contributed with repeated apologies and explanations that it was dark, I was tired and was simply not thinking. I had been on that bus for 15 hours by that point. I got back on the bus, sat down and slept.
We arrived at Luanda at 1am in the morning, 18 hours after we’d left Soyo. I slept on the bus ...
Angola
... First night there he picked me up from the Hotel with his chauffeur and we went dining at a beautiful restaurant right by the sea, overlooking the bay.
After checking the menu and realizing the cost for a main meal was at least 50 US $, and Dieter telling me that his tree bedroom apartment was 10 000 $ rent a month, I got to understand the rumors about the most expensive capital.
Dieter had planned a day trip on the boat ...
Angola
... 19 km
20th - Last day of our original transit visa so we are heading to the town of Caxito, 53km north of Luanda, to get some extension visas. The immigration building is well hidden and can be found by turning into a side street beside the MPLA building. Saw a tank sitting between 2 buildings down the road with washing hanging from the gun barrel.
Good news is that we can get a new visa, bad news is that we have to wait around ...
Despedida
... ter vontade de transmitir com palavras mais poetizadas e menos directas: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acN_99gf uAM You need to get up, get out and get something, Don't let the days of your life pass by You need to get up, get out and get something, Don't spend all your life tryin' ...


