Awaiting our visas

The Congolese ambassador with his illusions of grandeur made us wait for three days for our visas to be issued. And when they were done, they were (in typical ignorant Central African manner) misprinted.. Luckily we found things to do in the meantime. Libreville.

Concrete jungle

October 7th 2006
Last time I crossed the equator I got robbed, threatened, tricked, fooled and deceived (all in the town of Muarabungo, Indonesia ), so I felt a bit reluctant to leave the safe homely northern hemisphere for the southern one. The road from the Cameroonian border post heading south was an impressive showpiece in advanced engineering. Through the dense, sticky and humid rainforest, along raging ... read more

Africa » Gabon

Only two autocratic presidents have ruled Gabon since independence from France in 1960. Gabon's current President, El Hadj Omar BONGO Ondimba - one of the longest-serving heads of state in the world - has dominated Gabon's political scene for almost ... ... read more

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