Novotel Abidjan

... pour l afrique. Il y a des restes... Assez souvent quand il voit un francais il pense qu il habite en cote d ivoire et pas qu il est un vrai touriste. En cote d ivoire il y a tres peu de touriste (j en ai pas vu d autre), et c est dommage car la situation est sure meme si tout peu basculer d un jour a l autre. La cote d ivoire a un gros potentiel touristique, mais chut autant en profiter.

... pump, the same for the one diesel pump (except there were no motor bikes). We got in line and turned the motor off to wait, creeping forward as we could. What slowed the process down was that pedestrians were also there with their plastic gas containers waiting for their turn. It wasn't at all orderly; there was a mob of people, drivers and pedestrians, swarming around each pump yelling at the attendant and pointing at their vehicle or container that ...

... t make it until 10:30. He had a driver named Fulgence in a VW Golf, not common here but a good car. We drove to PK (point kilometrique) 17 in the town of Adiopodooumé on the outskirts of Abidjan. Driving a short way off the blacktop road, we reached a house rented by Paul, where he can stay when he's working in Abidjan. There were several people there I hadn't met, newly interested in the Church. I shook hands and greeted everyone, and then ...

... boisterous toward the end but things didn't get worse than that. I dosed on and off and read during the flight. My mother had recommended a historical fiction author to me recently - Dorothy Dunnett - and I have found her Lymond Chronicles wonderfully spellbinding. I'm on the third book now and it's a joy to read as were the two preceding tomes, which was good because I was tired and sometimes struggled to concentrate. We flew over the gigantic ...

... for a beer. Some would say to wash down the dust and heat, but others would say to celebrate getting there in one piece. I will let you guess which one I chose. The crocs were sleeping in their pen when we got to the hotel/motel, just little buggers about four feet long, but I took some pics of them anyways. Saw a couple really big spiders, dozens of termite hills and of course, jungle for as far as the eye could see. I wouldn't want to get lost in that place ...

... looked around at the hall and at what we had accomplished and was very content. However, that moment of quiet reflection was quickly shattered when I realised that the 253 certificates were not in order (aka the nurses would be filing on stage and collecting someone else`s certificate, possibly not even from their school) and the computer that we were going to play the slide show from had crashed. Breath, breath I told myself. After a quick consultation with my boss we decided to ...

... at first where such things will go. At this time Bernard Hongerloot, Daniel and Cindy were presented with "relaxing robes" typical of local tribal custom. These were given in appreciation of their visit so far from home and in the hope that they would be pleasant souvenirs. I took photos of them in their new robes. They can relax later! After the visits, we were invited to have lunch with the group. They prepared chicken, fish, rice, potato leaf ...

... cluser ses CFA avec lesquels il ne pourrait même pas faire de confitures s'il les ramenait! Direction bord de mer (genre Port de Bouc pour ceux qui connaissent !) où notre taxi nous dépose. Nous avisons un "maquis" avec poissons et entrons dans le restaurant d'à côté qui fleure bon le vrai restaurant! Salade de fruits de mer et langouste (2 par personne !) pour 16 euro le menu. Pas mal ?, non, très bon ! A 14:00, n'ayant pas eu le ...

... on pourrait maintenant aller n'importe où, dans le désert comme dans les mégapoles !!! Demain, transit Big Toy prévu et retour au bercail dès que possible. Les aventures se poursuivront sur le blog en France, devant un PC qui marche bien, un verre à la main et avec nos pantoufles préférées! On vous embrasse tous et vous remercions de votre soutien inconditionnel et assidu pendant cette belle aventure. Les résultats du concours sont déjà connus, mais de nous seulement!

... boarding very close to on time. The aircraft was a big Airbus 320. It was only about 20% full. My extra few pounds of carryon were obviously going to create a great security risk! The smooth flight to Abidjan was an hour long. As I deplane and go down the stairway to the immigration area, agents are waiting to check passports and onward tickets. The man in front of me looks Chinese but has a French passport. The agent asks him in French if he ...