Small plastic bottles. Big plastic bottles. Plastic bottle caps. Plastic bottle films. Flip flops. Lollipop sticks. Motor oil jerrycans. Cooking oil jerrycans. Soap plastic bottles. Shampoo plastic bottles. Toothpaste plastic tubes. Toothbrushes. Plastic yoghurt pots. Plastic make-up pots. Alcohol and Coke glass bottles. Medicine plastic boxes. Medicine spray cans. Insecticide spray cans. Hair gel sprayContinue reading “Welcome to the world of the plastic beach*”
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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”
Pongara Lodge
Pongara lodge is a 45-min boat ride from Libreville. It’s located on the ocean side of the Pointe Denis, in the Pongara National Park. Just 8 bungalows and a restaurant area, very comfortable and all made of wood, overlooking the savannah and the ocean in the background. We come here for a couple of daysContinue reading “Pongara Lodge”
Zilé
Cyril and the Tsam-Tsam boat take us back to the Dr Schweitzer hospital in Lambaréné. We just want to spend one more day here to discover the lakes on the North side of Lambaréné, upstream of the Ogooué river, and if we are lucky, to spot some hippos. Our motorcanoe captain for the afternoon isContinue reading “Zilé”
Les Monts de Cristal
Bonjour ! At last, we’re back to discovering Gabon, after a long forced break. Sanitary measures are still in place, but they have been applied in a lighter way throughout the country since we came back at the end of August from our European Covid summer retreat. So on this last weekend of September, weContinue reading “Les Monts de Cristal”
The Fernan Vaz lagoon
Back into the real world after Enamino, we find ourselves in friendly Omboué again. A boat is waiting to take us around the Fernan Vaz lagoon. This lagoon has a significant historical importance, as it has always been a transport and communication hub from and towards the villages of the deep interior, and became aContinue reading “The Fernan Vaz lagoon”
Loango
The sea, the savannah, the forest, beaches and lagoons. Put these together and you have a very unusual ecosystem called Loango, Gabon’s most famed national park. But because it’s Gabon and because Loango is hard to get to, “fame” is a very relative word, and as a visitor you get the privilege to have theseContinue reading “Loango”
Along the Ogooué river
This is day 2 of our family expedition. It’s early morning, and we leave the Albert Schweitzer hospital after a peaceful night. The 7 of us hop on a small motor boat and get introduced to the captain, Jean-Rémy. We are going to navigate on the mythical Ogooué river until Omboué, some 120 nautical milesContinue reading “Along the Ogooué river”
First impressions
We are starting to like Libreville. It’s not exactly beautiful nor clean, there are actually no sights to speak of apart from perhaps the Cathédrale Sainte-Marie. In short, it’s kinda rough around the edges. But it’s very alive and it offers a range of different atmospheres depending on which neighbourhood you are in, from typicallyContinue reading “First impressions”
Bonjour, sziasztok, hello, m’bolo !
Our family of four is settling in Libreville, Gabon for a few years. First time in Africa! It feels like entering a mysterious forest… Let’s see what comes out of it and out of us. This blog is multilingual, you’ll find French, Hungarian and English in here, and whichever new language we may learn alongContinue reading “Bonjour, sziasztok, hello, m’bolo !”
Tanad stories from Gabon 