26th August 2008 – Grand Bassam, Cote d’Ivoire I get to see more of Grand Bassam today. The main hospital, Cote d’Ivoire Telecom offices, the Police, market square, taxi park, and every other thing typical with a small town in a west African country. One thing sets Grand Bassam apart though, it once served as [...]

Monday, 25th August 2008 My flight to Abidjan from Accra aboard an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 757 jet was uneventful. Landing at the Félix Houphouët-Boigny International Airport gave me a good idea of Cote d’Ivoire today. The airport though having good facilities was largely deserted and the activities way too low for an international airport of [...]