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Abidjan guide
Nearly 10 months overdue, i'm starting my travel blog. It includes info on 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 housing a peacekeeping mission, …
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 that were part of the failed coup d'etat) is becoming more and more stable. In fact the main problem with travelling into …
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Out of Africa?
... s quite an impressive scene, and one I haven’t figured out yet how to capture in photos. The rain on the windows and windshield confuses the automatic focus and prevents clear photos. We saw roads very far under water and a strong current running in the lagoon from rainwater runoff. There were also patches of road full of debris left from when the water had run in rivers across them.
The rain tapered off as we drove through Abobo, and then ...
Visits around Abidjan
... I walk briskly, a young man moves up next to me. He wants to strike up a conversation as the opening toward something else. "Bonjour" he says eagerly. “Bonjour” I reply without slackening my pace. “Welcome to Abidjan” he goes on in French “I would like to thank you on behalf of the people of Ivory Coast. Thanks to you we have peace again and hope for the future. What is your name?” This is the opening to something ...
Back to Abidjan
... account good for minutes of airtime or SMS messages. People here are constantly concerned with phone units. In the general poverty, people can’t afford much but they can’t afford to be without a phone either. The units really aren’t expensive by western standards, they can recharge their phones for a dollar or two; we pay much more for our airtime. In any event, there is much bargaining over who has units, and whose ...


