Abidjan

View across the Ébrié Lagoon towards Cocody. The tall building is the Hotel Ivoire InterContinental. 1968IvoryCoast_02

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July 30th 1968
Arriving at Adbidjan around 11:30 a.m. local time, we had a splendid aerial view of the city and its waterways coming in. I thought of Abidjan as being right on the coast, but is separated from the ocean by the Ébrié Lagoon. We transferred from the airport to the Hotel Ivoire InterContinental, a very modern high-rise hotel that had opened in 1964. (It is still in operation as the Sofitel Abidja ... read more

Africa » Cote d'Ivoire » South » Abidjan

Close ties to France since independence in 1960, the development of cocoa production for export, and foreign investment made Cote d'Ivoire one of the most prosperous of the tropical African states, but did not protect it from political turmoil. On 25... ... read more

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