Hotel Tropico Luanda
Rua da Missao, 130 - 134 Luanda, Angola
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Apparently Angola's Capital Luanda is the most expensive city in the world. For example, there were no taxis in Luanda in 2009. So in case you wanted to go sightseeing, you would either have to take a private van, as there was no set up public transport network or know someone to take you around.
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Aug 16, 2011: Somewhere in Angola
Armed with reams of information about road conditions ( thanks to Jean and Hannelie) we set off in good heart to Angola via of course as many game parks as we could find. First stop was Grootfontein where we encountered one of those serendipity type incidents which make ...
Angola Day 2 of 5 - Sitting
In truth I did not sleep much on the coach that night in Soyo. In fact it took me perhaps two hours to be able to sit still. There is a comedown from adrenaline and tension which leaves you restless and fidgety.
I did get some sleep though and I rose at 05:30 when the lights came on and bus loading activities started. Having effectively reserved my ticket already, I sat calmly and looked forward to an easy day. Okay, so a day ...
Angola
Due to some weird reason with the embassy on visas all we could get back in Abuja, *****ia was a 5-day transit visa. This is not really a suitable length of time for an overland truck to pass through this country, but there is nothing we could do.
16th - Crossed the DRC border at Lufu and changed our money to Kwanza. Drove the 57km from the border to the large town of M'Banza Congo, we were held up a bit on the Angolan side of the border. Here in town ...
Angola's Story
Although we obtained an Angolan visa in *****ia, we were concerned whether we would be allowed entry in the country - we had heard plenty of horror stories of irrational border officials. There was a group sigh of relief when, with only an hour or two delay, we obtained access into Angola. However initially we were not able to extend our 5-day visa, which left an unrealistic expectation that we could drive over 2,000km in 5 ...



