Novotel N'Djamena La Tchadienne
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Wild, Wonderful Chad
... amp; legs are not to be seen. You can imagine how hot it gets in 115 degrees with all body parts completely covered. But rather than being a strictly religion-based tradition, here you can see where these kinds of customs come from, since we were constantly covering our faces from the penetrating dust & sand.
I'm just glad that most of my experience in Africa has been on the coasts, because it's like Shangrila compared to this desolate, dusty ...
Et au Tchad
... tait impossible de voyager avec eux. Autre précision, il faisait chaud, j avais sans cesse soif et j ai compris en regardant le thermometre qui indiquait 44 C pourquoi j avais soif. Autre tracasserie, au Tchad il faut un permis photo je m en suis passe mais cela est très risqué vu le nombre de militaire. Donc pas de photo de la cathédrale de près, ni du musée ni du palais présidentiel : c etait un nid a ...
Crossing the Chari river-Ndjamena-capital of Chad
... for the UN or other international organizations, or NGO's sponsored by foreign governments, the few hotels in town charge ridiculously high prices.About the place I stayed, Lonely Planet writes: "there is no power or water during the day, and the frequent comings and goings are a tad suggestive,but the location, right next to the market, is unbeatable!"It is Hirondelle hotel, a run down establishment where no major investment was made for the past 10 ...
News from Chad
3/2 I have obviously not gone to Chad today ... tho this says it is FROM Chad ! I thought you might be interested in an update from a colleague on how the team here have been v occupied this last few days with trying to get the members of the Chad team who are in Ndjamena right now to safety. Very reminiscent of my time in Ethiopia in 1990/1 during "the change", but i didn't get evacuated ! Update from 2/2 Ndjamena: General situation: In the middle of the ...
Chad
"La charite et la bonte commencent avec la femme," (charity and goodness begin with woman) said my host dad as he passed me the first glass of tea. I had just finished a lunch of boule and a sauce consisting of dried okra, tomatoes, oil, and dried meat and was sitting on the mat with three other strangers, visitors from out of town, when my host sister, Fatime came in with 4 glasses. I was waiting for my host dad to call her back to bring another glass for ...