http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Cote-d-Ivoire/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Africa , Cote d Ivoire en-us Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:40:19 UTC Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:40:19 UTC First time in AfricaFirst time in Ivory Coast http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Cote-d-Ivoire/South/Abidjan/blog-325078.html That's right...I went to the Ivory Coast Was it a bit nuts scary sketchy and everything else you'd imagine it to be DAMN STRAIGHT it wasHeather Christina and I decided to go to the Ivory Coast for 4 days three girls on our own we knew it would be a bit sketch but as adventurous as we are we were up for it Three of our other friends were going to go with us but then when they went to t http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Cote-d-Ivoire/South/Abidjan/blog-246513.html OCTOBER 2007Well hello therehellipjust had one of the strangest..most beautiful weeks of my life..and im going to tell you all about ithellip Last Tuesday..to be exact..i was extremely worried that I would not get a visa to ivory coast because I had been in that stupid embassy about 9 timeshellipsometimes my faulthellipbut mostly theirshellipclosed..then don't accept applications..someth http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Cote-d-Ivoire/South/Abidjan/blog-234347.html After hours of discussion and a reluctant agreement two fellow Americans Ian and Lindsay and I headed to the chaotic Kaneshie station to find transportation to the West of Ghana en route to our ultimate destination Cote d'Ivoire. Once one of the more stable countries in West Africa Cote d'Ivoire boasted a prosperous economy and a considerable community of European expats. The capitol Abidj http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Cote-d-Ivoire/blog-99728.html After having spent three hours going through Guinea customs and immigration we arrived on the Ivory Coast side about an hour later. We past the first check point without a problem they just glanced at our passport. At the second and main entry point though we were escorted inside the military police base. All the other people in the truck came and went quickly but they just told us to wait. http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Cote-d-Ivoire/blog-84746.html