Gabon, Around Libreville

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May 28, 2019
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Lynn Restaurant
May 28, 2019 in Gabon ⋅ ☀️ 82 °F
Delicious Sharwma and Tabouleeh!
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Michel Marine
May 28, 2019 in Gabon ⋅ ☀️ 84 °F
Launch spot for trip to Point Denis but not much of a real possibility on a weekday. Had to wake staff up just to find out the next boat leaves in 2hrs and that it would be impossible to return today.
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A Touti Frouti Photo Shoot
May 28, 2019 in Gabon ⋅ ⛅ 82 °F
One of the best crepes that I have ever had. So delicious it's malicious!
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Touti Frouti
May 28, 2019 in Gabon ⋅ ⛅ 82 °F
Good God Almighty.. A local spot not to be missed in Liberville.
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Liberville Night Walk
May 28, 2019 in Gabon ⋅ 🌧 82 °F
Perfect time for a walk with a nice sea breeze blowing on shore. Not many locals out and about maybe because they know there are a lot of sidewalk potholes.
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Waterfront Artworks
May 28, 2019 in Gabon ⋅ 🌧 82 °F
Not sure what it is but seems like some dedication to the arts or theater. Those do look like comfortable shoes.. You can tell a lot about a person by the shoes they're wearing.
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Interesting Monument
May 28, 2019 in Gabon ⋅ 🌧 82 °F
Located across street from Presidential Palace. Seems to be memorial to the end of slavery with an interesting concept. Did get chased away by Presidential security yelling from across the street. Shortly afterwards a military patrol unit just.. "happened" to drive by as I was leaving.Read more
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Edenia Hotel
May 28, 2019 in Gabon ⋅ 🌧 82 °F
Cool Gabon artwork in Edenia Hotel lobby area.
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Liberville Day Trip
May 29, 2019 in Gabon ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F
With little to see and do in Liberville and being unable to rent a car on my own, I hire a car and a driver for the day. The plan is to go to Akanda National Park which is only 13 miles away. Interestingly, no one I have talked to since arriving knows how to get there.Read more
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Grace's Home
May 29, 2019 in Gabon ⋅ ☀️ 81 °F
Ended up here in effort to go to Akanda National Park. Grace runs Monday Ecotour with tours to Akanda. However, she requires at least a day's notice. This was apparently not communicated to her by the company where I hired the car and driver from yesterday. In any event it is an expensive outing where somehow my desire got lost in translation.

In the end I got to visit inside a Gabon home of an apparently connected family. Gracie's mom is President of The Local Chamber of Commerce who has met Pope Paul and many local heavyweights. Her deceased father was a game hunter and their home still displays some of his hunting trophies.Read more
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Off Roading
May 29, 2019 in Gabon ⋅ ☀️ 82 °F
With Akanda plan axed, Grace suggested a visit to a nearby village followed by a trip to a beach not too far from the village. It wasn't long before our car was going for a swim and the village visit axed. The gravel road soon became a mud crater that was way beyond the Kia's capability to navigate.Read more
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Out Of The Mud...
May 29, 2019 in Gabon ⋅ 81 °F
An Off-Road adventure leads to a challenge and we get stuck in the mud.
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Raponda Walker Arboretum
May 29, 2019 in Gabon ⋅ ⛅ 82 °F
A treasure find that I spotted on our way to the beach. Free to enter with miles of nice hiking trails in a tropical rain forest. However, paying for a guide made the experience more educational and fun.Read more
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Forest Mushrooms
May 29, 2019 in Gabon ⋅ ⛅ 82 °F
Did you know that mushrooms help trees to decay?
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Bois des Géants
May 29, 2019 in Gabon ⋅ 82 °F
Beginning of a very cool hike through an arboretum.
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The Elephant Pub
May 29, 2019 in Gabon ⋅ ⛅ 82 °F
The Ozigo tree is known as "The Elephant Pub" because elephants become drunk from eating it's bark. Smoking it's leaves produces the same effect as ganja (MJ).
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Gabonese Millipede
May 29, 2019 in Gabon ⋅ ⛅ 82 °F
Wonder if it's difficult for him to go shoe shopping?
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Okoume Tree
May 29, 2019 in Gabon ⋅ ⛅ 82 °F
This thousand plus year old tree has many using including producing sap that can be used and burned as a lantern.
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Looking For Payless..
May 29, 2019 in Gabon ⋅ 82 °F
And hoping they have some BOGO Deals.. Nothing like having to buy 500 pairs of shoes.
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Natural Lantern
May 29, 2019 in Gabon ⋅ 82 °F
The sap from this tree can be used as natural source of fire and light.
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Rain Forest Natural Lantern
May 29, 2019 in Gabon ⋅ ⛅ 82 °F
Produced from the sap of the Okoume tree.
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Sand Covered Trails
May 29, 2019 in Gabon ⋅ ⛅ 82 °F
Interesting to see at first but not all that unusual as this is a coastal rainforest. We're only about 10km from the ocean.
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Newly Discovered
May 29, 2019 in Gabon ⋅ ⛅ 82 °F
This plant is endemic to Gabon. So recently discovered it has not yet been given a scientific name. There is a lot of hope that it will someday produce a cure for one of our many diseases.
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Natural Malarone
May 29, 2019 in Gabon ⋅ ⛅ 82 °F
Use to treat malaria by using bark to produce a beverage that is drunk 2-3 times a day.
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Azobe Tree
May 29, 2019 in Gabon ⋅ ⛅ 82 °F
Also known as "Red Ironwood" it produces a strong timber that can be used for heavy construction projects. It's bark can be used as a headache remedy.
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