We land at 4 in the morning in Nairobi. By lunchtime, after a sleepy 5-hour drive, we are already down South in the world-famous Masai Mara National Reserve, along the Tanzanian border. Our Croatian friend Bartol, who has lived in Kenya with his family for the same three years we have lived in Gabon, wantsContinue reading “Out of Gabon”
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POG!
When we were there two years ago for half a day, we did not get such a good impression of Port-Gentil (POG), Gabon’s second largest city, and its economic capital thanks to the dozens of offshore oil platforms that have been lighting up its sea and sky at night for decades now. Indeed, the goldenContinue reading “POG!”
São Tomé raw vistas
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Chocolate island
Things have changed a lot since the days when Sao Tomé was called “chocolate island” (see this earlier post). Many other African countries started growing cocoa and exporting it massively, while the main plantations in Sao Tomé have gradually shut down. However, cocoa still can be found growing wildly all around the island and today,Continue reading “Chocolate island”
Journey to the center of the planisphere
It’s October and I am back to Sao Tomé, this time well-accompanied: it’s the four of us now and two Parisian accomplices, tasting this unique Afro-Portuguese island vibe. We make it to the Southern tip of the island, past the village of Porto Alegre, where the beaches are endless and sandy and people are scarce.Continue reading “Journey to the center of the planisphere”
Still around
Hello! We have not written anything here in a long time. But all is still well in Gabon, we have started our third year here actually, and the four of us are fully busy at school or at work. We are lucky to have already seen quite a lot of the country, and we doContinue reading “Still around”
São Tomé solo
Before we moved to Libreville, we were not aware of the existence of a country called São Tomé and Principe, made of two tiny volcanic islands dropped in the middle of the Gulf of Guinea, lying some 250 km away from the Gabonese shore, right at the intersection of the Greenwich meridian and the equator.Continue reading “São Tomé solo”
2021
We leave Sette Cama on January 1st early at 7 in the morning, hoping not to wait to long in the village of Mayonami for the “ferry” to the other side of the Nyanga river. When we get there, there are already two cars ahead of us, and the ferry can only fit two cars.Continue reading “2021”
in Seven Graves
Sette Cama was first discovered, like a lot of other places along the Gabonese and African coast, by the Portuguese in the late 15th century. The name means “Seven Graves”. Allegedly, a Portuguese ship sunk in front of what is today the village of Sette Cama; seven bodies were found and buried there. No oneContinue reading “in Seven Graves”
Roadtripping
Christmas holidays, Covid-19… we are staying in Gabon, we have time, we have motivated friends, so we are taking this opportunity to drive down all the way to the small city of Gamba, which lies on the coast in the very South of Gabon. It’s a 770 km ride, and we have planned 2 fullContinue reading “Roadtripping”
Tanad stories from Gabon 