Residence Hoteliere Ivotel Abidjan

... ested in baptism, and then we had townhall-type meeting to discuss sev**al matt**s of conc**n. That's a v**y typical way of handling disagreements among many African cultures, get the whole family, village or church involved and let ev**yone have his say. It took about 2 hours, but ev**yone seemed fairly content by the time we had finished. Charlotte s**ved a little dish she had prepared, gen**ous hospitality once again, and then we took our ...

... to say the least. I was curious about it so we stopped to take photos. I baulked at paying 6 dollars to go inside, so my photos are outside shots. Boigny originally planned to have the dome be a bit taller than the one on Saint Peter's in Rome, but the papacy requested that Rome be allowed to keep at least the title of tallest dome, and Boigny acquiesced. We stopped for a quick bite in Yamoussoukro, which is very westernized. We spotted a place with ...

... turn the defroster on to clear the haze that spread on the glass and made visibility difficult. That meant driving in tropical heat, windows up, heat coming from the defroster, and of course no air conditioning. It became very warm pretty quickly. The choice was getting wet from the driving rain or from perspiration. I was thinking this situation over, when we discovered the sun roof did not have a water-tight seal. Rivulets started running ...

... that. He asked how people can live in that kind of environment, what precautions do we have to take? We talked about the recent US election. He said that the whole country was glued to the television to see if Barak Obama could win. He said there was lots of celebrating (especially drinking) when the results became final. A bit later he steered the conversation around to that fact that he was trying to figure out how to get home. Their ...

... I have only one bite to report but I am sure that it could have been a lot worse. Ah yes, the beer went down pretty good and so did the red wine. It was tough to be rude and naturally, I tried the white palm wine as well. That stuff had quite the kick and it was a good thing we were eating lunch as we drank. The heat was making the humidity even worse, I think, so we went back to the hotel/motel to cool down for a while before dinner at the same place. A ...

... my boss on track in the upcoming months. The next day Emily and I packed up our bags and waited for Gislain and Marc to arrive from Accra. We were all headed to Abidjan in Cote D`Ivoire for the weekend and there was a mix of excitement and apprehension between the two of us. Gislain had been a diplomat in Abidjan during the crisis in 2002 and was very familiar with the workings of the country, however it was still on the US State Dept travel warning list and I couldn`t help but think ...

... works at the direction of the CNRS. Several people there have begun gathering with him to listen to recorded sermons on the Sabbath. He hoped we would come and meet them which we were briefly able to do. The visit took place in a lovely clearing almost on the banks of the lagoon, under the shade of some pleasant trees. It was Africa as it should be but all too rarely is. I answered a question about the Sabbath vs. Sunday questions and ...

... Guichet Unique" à 5 km de là, dans un embouteillage monstre, nous trouvons un douanier qui accepte de mettre LE TAMPON! Retour vers les bananes pour tenter d'empoter le dépoté. Bien entendu, le container n'est pas encore là, bien que commandé depuis le matin. Le ton monte et les manutentionnaires vont en chercher un. JP enfourne Big Toy et réussit même à ressortir, preuve qu'il n'a pas grossi, voire.... Valery s'insurge, c'est pas le bon ...

... Lomé has worked better for us than Cotonou (Benin). There is no need to rent a hall and the local ladies are happy to prepare the meals. But I wanted to see the hotel. It was quite fine by African standards; I've stayed in much less acceptable places myself on a number of occasions. I had a look around the hotel and visited Moïse Mabout in his room. He was not feeling well. He's had a head and tooth ache for the past few days; I anointed him ...

... 300. La dent de la Man is also another attraction, a mini-mountain in the shape of a tooth that is very climbable out of rainy season (June-September). Take a local guide to go up and down- as a former tourist hot spot you can easily find a former professional guide in the region of 3000 CFA for the day. In central Man you can also visit the huge market. Near the hospital its is impossible to miss. Accomodation wise, Man is fairly limited ...