Abidjan
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
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