Pointe Noire Hotels - Reviews and Rates

I cannot seem to get healthy. We have been here for over a month and I am still struggling with assimilation. Last Thursday I came down with a sore throat, on the heels of what we like to call here "Africa bum". I let it ride, convinced that it was nothing, but went yesterday to the clinic, where the doctor confirmed that I had an infection. A w...

I have to admit that life here is getting kind of boring. The novelty has worn off and there are no movies, ice-rinks, video stores, bookstores, or anything to go to. Restaurants are about the only place to go, and it's just not that fun to go to restaurants with little kids. Additionally frustrating, the service in all the restaurants is utterl...

So we have some pigs who live in the neighborhood. They used to be less visible, spending most of their time up on the rise above the swamp dump land across the street. Then they had babies and suddenly Lyle was all electrified anytime we passed by. Every now and again he would bark and get up on the low concret wall that surround said swamp dum...

So food is one of the few forms of entertainment available here, and it's also a bit of a battle to maintain and refresh the supplies of staple foods at home that make life hum along with a greater sense of normalcy. I finally made it to the local meat wholesaler. Previously, we had shared a large order with some friends and one of them went to ...

Last weekend on Sunday we went alone to our favorite beachside restaurant, but it started to rain almost as soon as we got there. Light splatter turned to driving sheets and we decided not to wait it out. Instead, when it lightened up a little bit, we tried to find the nearby monastery. We've been told that the nuns there raise poultry and grow ...

Thanksgiving has long been my favorite holiday. It's the best thing about America, I think. And although I tried hard to ignore it's coming and passing, it has struck me like a 2 x 4. A wave of homesickness startling in it's intensity has come over me. Suddenly I want to see relatives and eat food with them and talk about everything. The things ...

Today we were invited to our neighbor's house for a coffee and sale.  Julie passed along the invite, so we knew there would be good people there.  We've known for a while that this French family lived a few doors down from us, but they have a five-month old baby and we have a school to run, so we hadn't had a chance to meet yet.  What's a coffee...

Dear everybody, I made a real castle (photos to follow!). We're still unpacking. Workmen are helping us down in the school. I'm helping unpack the boxes, too. We went out with Davina to a restaurant. I am trying new food. I had some french fries from Davina's plate. And I'm trying some biscuits. Henry says, "And I will just stay here for a few d...

Nanny #2 Although our first nanny was great in the market, she was not so great at the whole kid-watching thing. I think that she was just a young girl who happened to speak a little English. So we are on to Ardelle, who speaks no English, a mother of seven who 's most recent job was working for another ex=pat family for sixteen years. Our flat ...

Hello, This is my first entry on the website, so welcome to David's viewpoint. The weekend is drawing to a close and today was a day of interesting firsts. I played golf in the Congo this morning, with a couple of the Schlumberger guys on the board of the school association and another guy from a different oil affiliated company. We were out the...