Luanda Hotels - Reviews and Rates

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 ov**land truck to pass through this country, but th**e is nothing we could do.

16th - Crossed the DRC bord** at Lufu and changed our money to Kwanza. Drove the 57km from t...

Voici donc quelques news sur ma semaine ecoulee. J'ai passe ma semaine a m'entrainer a sauter a l'eau si la plateforme coule..., s'il elle prend feu... ou explose meme. Que des trucs rassurants en somme! Avec un groupe presque entierement francophone en plus! Du coup, un petit stage bien sympa et fatiguant! Parce que mine de rien combattre le fe...

Sunday I went to the beach for one last swim in Angola. Accompanied by Manuel and Iesha (our new Kazakhstan roommate), we enjoyed the sun - swam and played volleyball and football. Once we returned home and after I packed, Erlend and I decided to try this burger stand just down the street (which is always crowded by locals). I had one of the be...

Friday night, I had one of the best times since my arrival. Julie, the French lady, had the idea our house should throw a party. It was a blast. Erlend dropped $250 on an assortment of beer and liquor, while Julie bought some 20 pizzas from a local joint. For the most part, it was a younger Schlumberger crowd, but a few older employees joined us...

I have had a full week. Last weekend, again I took advantage of my ability to see the night life in Luanda. On Friday, I went to this club called Apollo. There were three levels. Starting from a dance floor, a huge projector screen hung showing English comedy skits and Madonna music videos while the DJ spun records and people danced. The next le...

I actually learned some things this week during work! Sergio, a 25 year old Angolan native who resembles Shaggy (the reggae rapper not Scooby Do), taught me about the culture. Being that most people here are Christians, I asked him about Christmas and Santa Clause. He said, "We celebrate Christmas under an artificial tree but this Santa Clause g...

I ate some of the local food here too. That actually scared me more than the cops. The restaurant would fail U.S. health codes horribly... but the actual food wasn't that bad and I didn't get sick the next day :) The restaurant was basically concrete walls, a sliding steel door, and tables set up on the dirt ground. It was large enough to feed a...