Day 1 Flight leaves 9:35 pm Destination: Gabon After two stops and three flights in a stuffy coach cabin, I could not wait to step out into the humidity and heat of Libreville, Gabon's capital, situated on the northwest coast. I had suffered through the long flight at high dollar for one reason: to see the gorgeous place that is Gabon. From the wildlife forests, exotic animals and the Komo River to the escarpments that cause gorgeous waterfalls, this country has everything you wouldn't expect to see in a relitively untraveled country. Today i checked into the Le Méridien Mandji hotel in Port Gentil. The hotel was gorgeous. Perched at the edge of the Atlantic coast in Port Gentil, Le Méridien Mandji offers spectacular views of rippling waters and the fronds of tall trees silhouetted against
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